Bajra (Pearl Millet) mandi prices near Palakkad

Prices checked yesterday at 9:00 pm

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The latest price at every mandi within reach (each with its date), and where you'd take home the most after the trip.

Bajra (Pearl Millet) change Palakkad change

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Chitradurga, 383 km away

₹3,458 a quintal

Mandi price
₹3,458
Transport for about 498 km by road change
−₹389
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹3,069

Reported on 11 Nov.

Compared with Kottur (450 km), where the most bajra (pearl millet) arrives

₹145 a quintal more after transport

9 mandis within 500 km

  1. 1
    Chitradurga 383 km
    Mandi price
    ₹3,458
    On 11 Nov
    ▲ +₹78 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,069
    after ₹389 transport
  2. 2
    Kottur 450 km, usually 130 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹3,374
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹104 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,925
    after ₹450 transport
  3. 3
    Bengaluru 275 km
    Mandi price
    ₹3,200
    Yesterday
    same as on 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,909
    after ₹291 transport
  4. 4
    Ballari 487 km
    Mandi price
    ₹3,353
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹50 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,870
    after ₹483 transport
  5. 5
    H.B. Halli 475 km
    Mandi price
    ₹3,300
    On 12 Nov
    ▲ +₹200 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,827
    after ₹473 transport
  6. 6
    Vaniyambadi RM 309 km, location approximate
    Mandi price
    ₹2,800
    On 12 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,479
    after ₹321 transport
  7. 7
    Mundaragi 495 km, usually 17 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,902
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹52 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,411
    after ₹491 transport
  8. 8
    Srimushnam RM 325 km, location approximate
    Mandi price
    ₹2,623
    On 12 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,287
    after ₹336 transport

You get: the latest price minus transport, about ₹1.50 a quintal per km for the first 50 km (tractor or pickup) and ₹0.70 after (truck), before the mandi's commission and charges. A small lot is costed as a hired pickup. Set your own rate above.

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Palakkad, not from your village. Transport is costed on about 1.3 times that, as roads wind.

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Numbers match the list. Darker pays more; bigger is where more usually arrives.

Is the price rising?

Kottur, the biggest bajra (pearl millet) mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹2,250 ₹2,500 ₹2,750 ₹3,000 ₹3,250 ₹3,500
3 Oct 13 Nov
Latest ₹3,374 a quintal on 13 Nov
Up 22% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Kottur, in a usual year. Most bajra (pearl millet) reaches the mandi in October. The price is usually lowest in April and highest in August.

0 200 t 400 t 600 t
₹1,800 ₹2,200
June July August September October November December January February March April May
Tonnes arriving in the month (bars, left scale; darker: the most) Usual price, ₹ a quintal (line, its scale in the same colour) Each month averages 2 to 6 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026).
Next time, Mandi prices opens straight here.

Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).