Colocasia (Arbi) mandi prices near The Nilgiris

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 The Nilgiris change

Best for you now

Vadakkenchery Market, 96 km away

₹8,500 a quintal

Mandi price
₹8,500
Transport for about 125 km by road change
−₹128
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹8,373

Reported on 11 Nov.

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

₹4,473 a quintal more after transport

11 mandis within 100 km

  1. 1
    Vadakkenchery Market 96 km, usually 4 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹8,500
    On 11 Nov
    same as on 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,373
    after ₹128 transport
  2. 2
    Pattambi Market 97 km, usually 6 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹6,500
    Today
    ▲ +₹2,300 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹6,372
    after ₹128 transport
  3. 3
    Palakkad Market 73 km, usually 6 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,300
    Today
    ▼ −₹300 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,194
    after ₹107 transport
  4. 4
    Kollengode Market 93 km, usually 17 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,200
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹200 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,075
    after ₹125 transport
  5. 5
    Parappanangadi Market 94 km, usually 10 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,150
    On 11 Nov
    ▲ +₹750 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,025
    after ₹125 transport
  6. 6
    Koduvayoor Market 87 km, usually 16 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,700
    Today
    same as on 8 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,581
    after ₹119 transport
  7. 7
    Manjeri Market 66 km, usually 66 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,000
    Yesterday
    same as on 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,900
    after ₹100 transport
  8. 8
    Vadakarapathy Market 75 km, usually 2 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹3,500
    On 11 Nov
    same as on 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,391
    after ₹109 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 The Nilgiris, 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?

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

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹4,000 ₹4,500 ₹5,000 ₹5,500
3 Oct 12 Nov
Latest ₹4,000 a quintal on 12 Nov
Down 11% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

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

0 20 t 40 t 60 t 80 t
₹3,500 ₹4,000 ₹5,000
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.

  • RSPuram (Uzhavar Sandhai) 56 km ₹5,250 a quintal today
  • Singanallur (Uzhavar Sandhai) 66 km ₹5,250 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).