Cotton mandi prices near Balodabazar-Bhatapara

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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Umared, 306 km away

₹9,100 a quintal

Mandi price
₹9,100
Transport for about 398 km by road change
−₹319
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹8,781

Reported yesterday.

Pulgaon pays more (₹9,170 a quintal, yesterday), but it is 397 km away: after the trip you would get less.

Compared with Adilabad (434 km), where the most cotton arrives

₹306 a quintal more after transport

53 mandis within 500 km

  1. 1
    Umared 306 km, usually 835 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,100
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹100 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,781
    after ₹319 transport
  2. 2
    Mauda 291 km, usually 42 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,080
    On 12 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,775
    after ₹305 transport
  3. 3
    Sindi (Selu) 369 km, usually 1,429 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,150
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹200 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,774
    after ₹376 transport
  4. 4
    Pulgaon 397 km, usually 1,688 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,170
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹220 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,769
    after ₹401 transport
  5. 5
    Samudrapur 349 km, usually 1,734 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,100
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹100 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,742
    after ₹358 transport
  6. 6
    Mandi price
    ₹9,100
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹200 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,717
    after ₹383 transport
  7. 7
    MS Kalpana Agri Commodities Marketing 323 km, usually 880 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,050
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹50 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,716
    after ₹334 transport
  8. 8
    Mandhal 290 km, usually 48 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹8,950
    On 11 Nov
    ▲ +₹110 since 4 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,646
    after ₹304 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 Balodabazar-Bhatapara, 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?

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

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹7,000 ₹7,500 ₹8,000 ₹8,500 ₹9,000 ₹9,500
3 Oct 13 Nov
Latest ₹8,910 a quintal on 13 Nov
Up 12% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

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

0 5,000 t 10,000 t 15,000 t
₹6,600 ₹6,800 ₹7,000 ₹7,200 ₹7,400
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). 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).