Cotton mandi prices near Katihar

Prices checked yesterday at 9:00 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.

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Mauda, 973 km away

₹9,080 a quintal

Mandi price
₹9,080
Transport for about 1265 km by road change
−₹926
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹8,155

Reported on 12 Nov.

Umared pays more (₹9,100 a quintal, yesterday), but it is 997 km away: after the trip you would get less.

Compared with Saunsar (1000 km), where the most cotton arrives

₹380 a quintal more after transport

5 mandis within 1,000 km

  1. 1
    Mauda 973 km, usually 42 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,080
    On 12 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,155
    after ₹926 transport
  2. 2
    Umared 997 km, usually 835 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,100
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹100 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,153
    after ₹947 transport
  3. 3
    Mandhal 980 km, usually 48 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹8,950
    On 11 Nov
    ▲ +₹110 since 4 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,018
    after ₹932 transport
  4. 4
    Parshiwani 993 km, usually 476 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹8,750
    Yesterday
    You get
    ₹7,806
    after ₹944 transport
  5. 5
    Saunsar 1000 km, usually 3,726 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹8,725
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹168 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹7,775
    after ₹950 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 Katihar, 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?

Saunsar, the biggest cotton mandi near you, since 22 Oct.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹8,600 ₹8,800 ₹9,000 ₹9,200
22 Oct 13 Nov
Latest ₹8,725 a quintal on 13 Nov
Down 4% since 22 Oct

Which months pay more?

At Saunsar, in a usual year. Most cotton reaches the mandi in November. The price is usually lowest in October and highest in June.

0 1,000 t 2,000 t 3,000 t 4,000 t
₹7,000 ₹8,000 ₹9,000
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 4 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).