Colocasia (Arbi) mandi prices near Kanniyakumari

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.

Colocasia (Arbi) change Kanniyakumari change

Best for you now

Attingal Market, 71 km away

₹8,000 a quintal

Mandi price
₹8,000
Transport for about 92 km by road change
−₹104
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹7,896

Reported yesterday.

It's also where the most colocasia (arbi) arrives nearby.

9 mandis within 100 km

  1. 1
    Attingal Market 71 km, usually 24 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹8,000
    Yesterday
    same as on 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹7,896
    after ₹104 transport
  2. 2
    Vadaseri 17 km, usually 3 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹7,750
    Today
    ▼ −₹1,750 since 8 Nov
    You get
    ₹7,717
    after ₹33 transport
  3. 3
    Parassala Market 22 km, usually 7 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹6,200
    Today
    same as on 8 Nov
    You get
    ₹6,157
    after ₹44 transport
  4. 4
    Anchal Market 82 km, usually 9 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹6,100
    Today
    ▼ −₹100 since 8 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,985
    after ₹115 transport
  5. 5
    Pothencode Market 59 km, usually 10 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹6,000
    Yesterday
    same as on 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,906
    after ₹94 transport
  6. 6
    Neyyatinkara Market 29 km, usually 0 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,600
    Today
    same as on 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,543
    after ₹57 transport
  7. 7
    Balarampuram Market 34 km, usually 4 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹8,000
    On 10 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    same as on 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹7,934
    after ₹66 transport
  8. 8
    Kattakada Market 35 km, usually 34 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹8,000
    On 9 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    ▲ +₹200 since 3 Nov
    You get
    ₹7,931
    after ₹69 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 Kanniyakumari, 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?

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

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹8,000 ₹8,500 ₹9,000 ₹9,500 ₹10,000
3 Oct 12 Nov
Latest ₹8,000 a quintal on 12 Nov
Down 20% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Attingal Market, in a usual year. Most colocasia (arbi) reaches the mandi in April. The price is usually lowest in February and highest in July.

0 10 t 20 t 30 t
₹6,000 ₹7,000
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 5 to 6 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026).

Farmers' markets nearby

Uzhavar Sandhai and Rythu Bazar markets sell retail: only registered farmers from nearby villages sell there, in small lots. Their prices aren't what a mandi pays for a load.

  • Sankarankoil (Uzhavar Sandhai) 97 km ₹7,000 a quintal today
  • Tenkasi (Uzhavar Sandhai) 70 km ₹5,000 a quintal today
  • Palayamkottai (Uzhavar Sandhai) 58 km ₹4,500 a quintal today
Next time, Mandi prices opens straight here.

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