Jowar (Sorghum) mandi prices near Akola

Prices checked yesterday at 11:46 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 Akola change

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Akola, 22 km away

₹2,880 a quintal

Mandi price
₹2,880
Transport for about 29 km by road change
−₹44
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹2,837

Reported yesterday.

Malkapur pays more (₹2,950 a quintal, yesterday), but it is 98 km away: after the trip you would get less.

Compared with Malkapur (98 km), where the most jowar (sorghum) arrives

₹15 a quintal more after transport

9 mandis within 100 km

  1. 1
    Akola 22 km, usually 35 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,880
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹30 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,837
    after ₹44 transport
  2. 2
    Malkapur 98 km, usually 69 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,950
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹275 since 4 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,821
    after ₹129 transport
  3. 3
    Telhara 37 km, usually 26 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,840
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹100 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,768
    after ₹72 transport
  4. 4
    Khamgaon 62 km, usually 68 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,750
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹275 since 4 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,653
    after ₹97 transport
  5. 5
    Amarawati 64 km, usually 15 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,725
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹75 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,627
    after ₹98 transport
  6. 6
    Jalgaon Jamod (Aasalgaon) 70 km, usually 27 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,700
    On 10 Nov
    ▲ +₹500 since 3 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,596
    after ₹104 transport
  7. 7
    Washim 84 km, usually 11 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,500
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹50 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,384
    after ₹116 transport
  8. 8
    Akot 29 km, usually 9 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,405
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹295 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,348
    after ₹57 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 Akola, 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?

Malkapur, the biggest jowar (sorghum) mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹2,250 ₹2,500 ₹2,750 ₹3,000 ₹3,250 ₹3,500
3 Oct 12 Nov
Latest ₹2,950 a quintal on 12 Nov
Up 20% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Malkapur, in a usual year. Most jowar (sorghum) reaches the mandi in June. The price is usually lowest in January and highest in December.

0 100 t 200 t 300 t 400 t
₹1,800
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 5 to 6 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026).
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Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).