Cotton mandi prices near Chennai

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.

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Santhesargur, 432 km away

₹12,700 a quintal

Mandi price
₹12,700
Transport for about 562 km by road change
−₹433
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹12,267

Reported yesterday.

Compared with Adoni (430 km), where the most cotton arrives

₹3,509 a quintal more after transport

32 mandis within 500 km

  1. 1
    Santhesargur 432 km, usually 45 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹12,700
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹365 since 4 Nov
    You get
    ₹12,267
    after ₹433 transport
  2. 2
    Raichur 469 km, usually 23,832 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,399
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹268 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,932
    after ₹467 transport
  3. 3
    Gooti 363 km
    Mandi price
    ₹9,189
    Today
    ▲ +₹239 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,819
    after ₹370 transport
  4. 4
    Adoni 430 km, usually 99,381 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,189
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹229 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,758
    after ₹431 transport
  5. 5
    Narasaraopet 356 km
    Mandi price
    ₹9,000
    Yesterday
    same as on 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,636
    after ₹364 transport
  6. 6
    Badepally 470 km
    Mandi price
    ₹9,039
    On 11 Nov
    ▲ +₹230 since 4 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,571
    after ₹468 transport
  7. 7
    Mantralayam 442 km
    Mandi price
    ₹8,900
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹60 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,458
    after ₹443 transport
  8. 8
    Kanakagiri 498 km
    Mandi price
    ₹8,950
    Today
    ▲ +₹250 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,457
    after ₹493 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 Chennai, 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?

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

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹8,000 ₹8,500 ₹9,000 ₹9,500 ₹10,000
3 Oct 12 Nov
Latest ₹9,189 a quintal on 12 Nov
Up 4% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

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

0 25,000 t 50,000 t 75,000 t 1.0 lakh t
₹7,000 ₹7,500 ₹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 4 to 5 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).