Jowar (Sorghum) mandi prices near Hooghly

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.

Jowar (Sorghum) change Hooghly change

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Lahar, 987 km away

₹2,799 a quintal

Mandi price
₹2,799
Transport for about 1283 km by road change
−₹938
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹1,861

Reported yesterday.

It's also where the most jowar (sorghum) arrives nearby.

1 mandi within 1,000 km

  1. 1
    Lahar 987 km, usually 344 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,799
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹124 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹1,861
    after ₹938 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 Hooghly, 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?

Lahar, the biggest jowar (sorghum) mandi near you, since 29 Oct.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹2,500 ₹2,600 ₹2,700 ₹2,800
29 Oct 13 Nov
Latest ₹2,799 a quintal on 13 Nov
Up 8% since 29 Oct Highest since 29 Oct

Which months pay more?

At Lahar, in a usual year. Most jowar (sorghum) reaches the mandi in November. The price is usually lowest in March and highest in December.

0 100 t 200 t 300 t 400 t
₹1,600 ₹1,800 ₹2,000 ₹2,200 ₹2,400
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 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).