Cotton price today near Varanasi

Prices checked today at 9:00 pm

हिंदी में देखें

The latest price at every mandi within reach (each with its date), and where you'd take home the most after the trip.

Cotton change Varanasi change

Best for you today

Khair, 581 km away

₹13,500 a quintal

Mandi price
₹13,500
Transport for about 755 km by road change
−₹569
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹12,932

Reported today.

Compared with Suratgarh (993 km), where the most cotton arrives

₹4,940 a quintal more after transport

143 mandis within 1,000 km

  1. 1
    Khair 581 km
    Mandi price
    ₹13,500
    Today
    You get
    ₹12,932
    after ₹569 transport
  2. 2
    Ratlam 831 km, usually 200 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹11,800
    Today
    You get
    ₹11,004
    after ₹796 transport
  3. 3
    Sailana 837 km, usually 2,364 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹11,000
    Today
    ▼ −₹1,000 since 8 Nov
    You get
    ₹10,198
    after ₹802 transport
  4. 4
    Akot 765 km, usually 559 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,600
    Today
    You get
    ₹8,864
    after ₹737 transport
  5. 5
    Akola 797 km, usually 979 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,400
    Today
    ▲ +₹200 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,635
    after ₹765 transport
  6. 6
    Manwat 944 km, usually 1,010 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,520
    Today
    You get
    ₹8,621
    after ₹899 transport
  7. 7
    Late Vasantraoji Dandale Khajgi Krushi Bazar 798 km, usually 11 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,350
    On 11 Nov
    ▲ +₹100 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,584
    after ₹766 transport
  8. 8
    Ghansawangi 964 km, usually 32 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,500
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹400 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,583
    after ₹917 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 Varanasi, not from your village. Transport is costed on about 1.3 times that, as roads wind.

250 km 500 km 750 km 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 You

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

Is the price rising?

Suratgarh, the biggest cotton mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹8,000 ₹8,250 ₹8,500 ₹8,750 ₹9,000 ₹9,250
2 Oct 13 Nov
Latest ₹8,935 a quintal on 13 Nov
Up 6% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Suratgarh, in a usual year. Most cotton reaches the mandi in December. The price is usually lowest in December and highest in April.

0 10,000 t 20,000 t 30,000 t 40,000 t
₹7,400 ₹7,600 ₹7,800 ₹8,000 ₹8,200
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 4 to 5 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026). 1 month with only one year of prices is left out.
Next time, Mandi prices opens straight here.

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