Colocasia (Arbi) price today near Kathua

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 Kathua change

Best for you today

Narwal Jammu (F&V), 64 km away

₹6,500 a quintal

Mandi price
₹6,500
Transport for about 83 km by road change
−₹98
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹6,402

Reported today.

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

4 mandis within 100 km

  1. 1
    Narwal Jammu (F&V) 64 km, usually 12 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹6,500
    Today
    ▲ +₹2,400 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹6,402
    after ₹98 transport
  2. 2
    Dharamshala 82 km, usually 0 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,300
    Today
    ▲ +₹1,550 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,185
    after ₹115 transport
  3. 3
    Kangra 86 km, usually 7 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹3,200
    Yesterday
    same as on 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,082
    after ₹118 transport
  4. 4
    Chamba 61 km, usually 0 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,750
    Today
    same as on 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,655
    after ₹95 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 Kathua, not from your village. Transport is costed on about 1.3 times that, as roads wind.

25 km 50 km 75 km 100 km 1 2 3 4 You

Numbers match the list. Darker pays more; bigger is where more usually arrives.

Is the price rising?

Narwal Jammu (F&V), the biggest colocasia (arbi) mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

0 ₹2,000 ₹4,000 ₹6,000 ₹8,000
3 Oct 13 Nov
Latest ₹6,500 a quintal on 13 Nov
Up 136% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Narwal Jammu (F&V), in a usual year. Most colocasia (arbi) reaches the mandi in July. The price is usually lowest in December and highest in June.

0 50 t 100 t 150 t
₹2,000 ₹4,000
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 5 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026). 2 months with only one year of prices are left out.
Next time, Mandi prices opens straight here.

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