Jowar (Sorghum) 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.

Jowar (Sorghum) change Balodabazar-Bhatapara change

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Amarawati, 463 km away

₹2,800 a quintal

Mandi price
₹2,800
Transport for about 602 km by road change
−₹461
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹2,339

Reported yesterday.

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

3 mandis within 500 km

  1. 1
    Amarawati 463 km, usually 15 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,800
    Yesterday
    same as on 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,339
    after ₹461 transport
  2. 2
    Mandi price
    ₹2,230
    On 11 Nov
    same as on 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹1,748
    after ₹482 transport
  3. 3
    Jainath 421 km
    Mandi price
    ₹2,100
    On 7 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    same as on 31 Oct
    You get
    ₹1,677
    after ₹423 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?

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

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹2,000 ₹2,200 ₹2,400 ₹2,600 ₹2,800
3 Oct 13 Nov
Latest ₹2,800 a quintal on 13 Nov
Up 26% in six weeks Highest in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Amarawati, in a usual year. Most jowar (sorghum) reaches the mandi in May. The price is usually lowest in December and highest in August.

0 50 t 100 t 150 t
₹1,500 ₹2,250
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 6 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026).
Next time, Mandi prices opens straight here.

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