Colocasia (Arbi) mandi prices near Chamba

Prices checked yesterday at 11:46 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.

Colocasia (Arbi) change Chamba change

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Dharamshala, 52 km away

₹4,250 a quintal

Mandi price
₹4,250
Transport for about 68 km by road change
−₹88
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹4,162

Reported yesterday.

Compared with Kangra (66 km), where the most colocasia (arbi) arrives

₹1,063 a quintal more after transport

5 mandis within 100 km

  1. 1
    Dharamshala 52 km, usually 0 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,250
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹500 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,162
    after ₹88 transport
  2. 2
    Kangra (Jaisinghpur) 91 km, usually 0 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,000
    Yesterday
    same as on 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,877
    after ₹123 transport
  3. 3
    Palampur 67 km, usually 5 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹3,800
    Yesterday
    same as on 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,699
    after ₹101 transport
  4. 4
    Kangra 66 km, usually 7 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹3,200
    Yesterday
    same as on 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,100
    after ₹100 transport
  5. 5
    Chamba 17 km, usually 0 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,750
    On 9 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    You get
    ₹2,717
    after ₹33 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 Chamba, 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?

Kangra, the biggest colocasia (arbi) mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹2,800 ₹3,000 ₹3,200 ₹3,400 ₹3,600 ₹3,800
7 Oct 12 Nov
Latest ₹3,200 a quintal on 12 Nov
Up 3% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Kangra, in a usual year. Most colocasia (arbi) reaches the mandi in July. The price is usually lowest in December and highest in March.

0 5 t 10 t 15 t
₹0 ₹2,000 ₹6,000
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 6 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026). 1 month with only one year of prices is left out.
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Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).