Colocasia (Arbi) mandi prices near Shimla

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 Shimla change

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Kullu, 95 km away

₹5,500 a quintal

Mandi price
₹5,500
Transport for about 124 km by road change
−₹127
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹5,373

Reported on 10 Nov.

Compared with Vikasnagar (85 km), where the most colocasia (arbi) arrives

₹2,291 a quintal more after transport

10 mandis within 100 km

  1. 1
    Kullu 95 km, usually 6 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,500
    On 10 Nov
    same as on 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,373
    after ₹127 transport
  2. 2
    Smy Rampur 24 km, usually 3 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹3,500
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹1,000 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,454
    after ₹47 transport
  3. 3
    Dhanotu (Mandi) 79 km, usually 7 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹3,500
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹750 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,388
    after ₹112 transport
  4. 4
    Pmy Bilaspur 92 km, usually 6 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹3,500
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹300 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,376
    after ₹124 transport
  5. 5
    Pmy Kather Solan 64 km, usually 5 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹3,200
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹300 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,102
    after ₹98 transport
  6. 6
    Pmy Kangni Mandi 77 km, location approximate, usually 3 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹3,200
    Yesterday
    You get
    ₹3,090
    after ₹110 transport
  7. 7
    Vikasnagar 85 km, usually 258 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹3,200
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹1,400 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,082
    after ₹118 transport
  8. 8
    Raipur Rai 89 km, usually 2 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,400
    Yesterday
    same as on 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,279
    after ₹121 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 Shimla, 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?

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

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

0 ₹1,000 ₹2,000 ₹3,000 ₹4,000
2 Oct 12 Nov
Latest ₹3,200 a quintal on 12 Nov
Up 100% in six weeks Highest in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Vikasnagar, in a usual year. Most colocasia (arbi) reaches the mandi in October. The price is usually lowest in January and highest in October.

0 200 t 400 t 600 t
₹0 ₹1,000 ₹3,000
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 3 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).