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The present study is an attempt to highlight the economics of potato cultivation in village Sherpur of district Shimla of Himachal Pradesh. The study is primarily based on primary data but for physical, and socio-economic aspects of the village, secondary data are also utilized. The primary data regarding various agricultural operations or activities like land preparation, sowing, irrigation, manure application (farm yard manure), weeding, pesticide spray, harvesting, transportation, and marketing of the produce under potato cultivation as well as the cost involved in each activity is collected from the farmers of this village through field survey conducted in 2019 under which structured interview method was adopted. A comparative study regarding the cost-benefit analysis for potato cultivation per acre of land is exercised in the case of self/family members involved in potato cultivation in this village which highlights that the net return is 3.87 times more than the cost of cultivation of potato. The net return can be increased if the farmer adopts natural farming instead of doing conventional farming.