Banana mandi prices near Kolkata

Prices checked today at 2:00 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.

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Melaghar, 323 km away

₹2,800 a quintal

Mandi price
₹2,800
Transport for about 420 km by road change
−₹334
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹2,466

Reported yesterday.

Compared with Siliguri (465 km), where the most banana arrives

₹530 a quintal more after transport

5 mandis within 500 km

  1. 1
    Melaghar 323 km, usually 10 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,800
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹200 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,466
    after ₹334 transport
  2. 2
    Siliguri 465 km, usually 928 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,400
    Today
    ▲ +₹100 since 8 Nov
    You get
    ₹1,937
    after ₹464 transport
  3. 3
    Kalyanpur 368 km, usually 8 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,000
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹100 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹1,625
    after ₹375 transport
  4. 4
    Shillong 494 km, usually 36 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,000
    On 9 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    same as on 4 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,511
    after ₹489 transport
  5. 5
    Teliamura 370 km, usually 37 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,600
    On 9 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    You get
    ₹2,223
    after ₹377 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 Kolkata, not from your village. Transport is costed on about 1.3 times that, as roads wind.

100 km 200 km 300 km 400 km 500 km 1 2 3 4 5 You

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

Is the price rising?

Siliguri, the biggest banana mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹2,200 ₹2,250 ₹2,300 ₹2,350 ₹2,400
2 Oct 13 Nov
Latest ₹2,400 a quintal on 13 Nov
Up 9% in six weeks Highest in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Siliguri, in a usual year. Most banana reaches the mandi in May. The price is usually lowest in February and highest in April.

0 500 t 1,000 t 1,500 t
₹2,100 ₹2,300 ₹2,400
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 4 to 6 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026).
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Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).