Cotton price today near Howrah

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

Umared, 925 km away

₹9,100 a quintal

Mandi price
₹9,100
Transport for about 1203 km by road change
−₹882
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹8,218

Reported today.

Sindi (Selu) pays more (₹9,150 a quintal, today), but it is 989 km away: after the trip you would get less.

Compared with Asifabad (979 km), where the most cotton arrives

₹449 a quintal more after transport

28 mandis within 1,000 km

  1. 1
    Umared 925 km, usually 835 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,100
    Today
    ▲ +₹100 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,218
    after ₹882 transport
  2. 2
    Mauda 911 km, usually 42 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,080
    Yesterday
    You get
    ₹8,211
    after ₹869 transport
  3. 3
    Sindi (Selu) 989 km, usually 1,429 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,150
    Today
    ▲ +₹200 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,210
    after ₹940 transport
  4. 4
    Samudrapur 967 km, usually 1,734 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,100
    Today
    ▲ +₹100 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,180
    after ₹920 transport
  5. 5
    Mandi price
    ₹9,100
    Today
    ▲ +₹200 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,154
    after ₹947 transport
  6. 6
    MS Kalpana Agri Commodities Marketing 943 km, usually 880 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,050
    Today
    ▲ +₹50 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,152
    after ₹898 transport
  7. 7
    Bhadrachalam 925 km, usually 1,526 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,000
    Today
    same as on 8 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,118
    after ₹882 transport
  8. 8
    Kagaznagar 961 km, usually 179 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,000
    Today
    same as on 8 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,086
    after ₹914 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 Howrah, 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?

Asifabad, the biggest cotton mandi near you, since 29 Oct.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹8,700 ₹8,800 ₹8,900 ₹9,000
29 Oct 11 Nov
Latest ₹8,700 a quintal on 11 Nov
Down 3% since 29 Oct

Which months pay more?

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

0 10,000 t 20,000 t 30,000 t
₹7,000 ₹7,250 ₹7,500 ₹7,750 ₹8,000
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 6 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026).
Next time, Mandi prices opens straight here.

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