Black Pepper mandi prices near Chennai

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.

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Sultan Bathery Market, 454 km away

₹72,500 a quintal

Mandi price
₹72,500
Transport for about 590 km by road change
−₹453
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹72,047

Reported on 12 Nov.

Compared with Gonikappal (477 km), where the most black pepper arrives

₹37,321 a quintal more after transport

12 mandis within 500 km

  1. 1
    Sultan Bathery Market 454 km, usually 1 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹72,500
    On 12 Nov
    ▲ +₹500 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹72,047
    after ₹453 transport
  2. 2
    Kalpetta Market 478 km, usually 93 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹72,500
    On 12 Nov
    ▲ +₹500 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹72,025
    after ₹475 transport
  3. 3
    Mananthavady Market 479 km, usually 81 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹72,500
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹500 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹72,024
    after ₹476 transport
  4. 4
    Gonikappal 477 km, usually 160 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹35,200
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹100 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹34,726
    after ₹474 transport
  5. 5
    Mudigere 498 km
    Mandi price
    ₹35,211
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹24,789 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹34,718
    after ₹493 transport
  6. 6
    Sakaleshpura 482 km
    Mandi price
    ₹35,000
    On 11 Nov
    ▼ −₹100 since 4 Nov
    You get
    ₹34,521
    after ₹479 transport
  7. 7
    Pulpally Market 463 km, usually 89 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹72,400
    On 10 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    ▲ +₹2,700 since 4 Nov
    You get
    ₹71,939
    after ₹461 transport
  8. 8
    Manjeri Market 496 km, usually 11 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹67,000
    On 10 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    You get
    ₹66,509
    after ₹492 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 Chennai, 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?

Gonikappal, the biggest black pepper mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

0 ₹20,000 ₹40,000 ₹60,000 ₹80,000
5 Oct 13 Nov
Latest ₹35,200 a quintal on 13 Nov
Down 10% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Gonikappal, in a usual year. Most black pepper reaches the mandi in June. The price is usually lowest in March and highest in April.

0 200 t 400 t 600 t
₹35,000 ₹60,000
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 3 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026). 4 months with only one year of prices are left out.
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Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).