Cotton mandi prices near Shimla

Prices checked today 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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Best for you today

Uchana, 242 km away

₹8,215 a quintal

Mandi price
₹8,215
Transport for about 315 km by road change
−₹261
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹7,955

Reported today.

It's also where the most cotton arrives nearby.

2 mandis within 250 km

  1. 1
    Uchana 242 km, usually 1,289 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹8,215
    Today
    ▼ −₹735 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹7,955
    after ₹261 transport
  2. 2
    Budalada 248 km, usually 78 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹8,400
    On 10 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    ▲ +₹100 since 4 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,135
    after ₹265 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 Shimla, 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?

Uchana, 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 ₹8,215 a quintal on 13 Nov
Steady in six weeks

Which months pay more?

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

0 500 t 1,000 t 1,500 t 2,000 t
₹7,000 ₹7,200 ₹7,400 ₹7,600
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 6 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026). 3 months with only one year of prices are left out.
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Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).