Jowar (Sorghum) mandi prices near Tirunelveli

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.

Jowar (Sorghum) change Tirunelveli change

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Bengaluru, 491 km away

₹3,750 a quintal

Mandi price
₹3,750
Transport for about 638 km by road change
−₹487
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹3,263

Reported on 11 Nov.

Compared with Thiruppur (277 km), where the most jowar (sorghum) arrives

₹55 a quintal more after transport

2 mandis within 500 km

  1. 1
    Bengaluru 491 km
    Mandi price
    ₹3,750
    On 11 Nov
    same as on 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,263
    after ₹487 transport
  2. 2
    Thiruppur 277 km, usually 33 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹3,500
    Today
    ▲ +₹300 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,208
    after ₹292 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 Tirunelveli, 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?

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

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹3,000 ₹3,500 ₹4,000 ₹4,500 ₹5,000
9 Oct 13 Nov
Latest ₹3,500 a quintal on 13 Nov
Down 24% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Thiruppur, in a usual year. Most jowar (sorghum) reaches the mandi in February. The price is usually lowest in September and highest in June.

0 20 t 40 t 60 t 80 t
₹3,200
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 3 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).