Jowar (Sorghum) mandi prices near Puducherry

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.

Best for you now

Ballari, 473 km away

₹4,900 a quintal

Mandi price: ₹4,900
Transport for about 615 km by road change: −₹471
You get, a quintal, before commission: ₹4,430

Reported yesterday.

Compared with Thiruppur (278 km), where the most jowar (sorghum) arrives

₹1,222 a quintal more after transport

7 mandis within 500 km

1

Ballari 473 km

Mandi price

₹4,900

Yesterday

▲ +₹1,377 since 7 Nov

You get

₹4,430

after ₹471 transport
2

Alur 474 km, usually 0 tonnes this month

Mandi price

₹3,935

Yesterday

▲ +₹5 since 8 Nov

You get

₹3,464

after ₹471 transport
3

Bengaluru 271 km

Mandi price

₹3,750

Yesterday

same as on 7 Nov

You get

₹3,464

after ₹286 transport
4

Banaganapalli 414 km

Mandi price

₹3,800

Yesterday

▲ +₹50 since 8 Nov

You get

₹3,383

after ₹417 transport
5

Koilkunta 401 km

Mandi price

₹3,700

Yesterday

same as on 8 Nov

You get

₹3,295

after ₹405 transport
6

Thiruppur 278 km, usually 33 tonnes this month

Mandi price

₹3,500

Yesterday

▲ +₹300 since 6 Nov

You get

₹3,207

after ₹293 transport
7

Jammalamadugu 359 km

Mandi price

₹2,700

Yesterday

same as on 7 Nov

You get

₹2,333

after ₹367 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 Puducherry, not from your village. Transport is costed on about 1.3 times that, as roads wind.

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

₹3,900 ₹3,500 ₹3,380 ₹3,250 ₹3,500 ₹3,500 ₹3,480 ₹3,520 ₹3,670 ₹3,500 ₹3,750

₹3,200 ₹3,400 ₹3,600 ₹3,800 ₹4,000

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.

Next time, Mandi prices opens straight here.

Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).