Jowar (Sorghum) price today near Mayiladuthurai

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 Mayiladuthurai change

Best for you now

Bengaluru, 309 km away

₹3,750 a quintal

Mandi price
₹3,750
Transport for about 402 km by road change
−₹321
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹3,429

Reported on 11 Nov.

Banaganapalli pays more (₹3,800 a quintal, today), but it is 486 km away: after the trip you would get less.

Compared with Thiruppur (253 km), where the most jowar (sorghum) arrives

₹199 a quintal more after transport

6 mandis within 500 km

  1. 1
    Bengaluru 309 km
    Mandi price
    ₹3,750
    On 11 Nov
    same as on 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,429
    after ₹321 transport
  2. 2
    Banaganapalli 486 km
    Mandi price
    ₹3,800
    Today
    ▲ +₹50 since 8 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,318
    after ₹482 transport
  3. 3
    Thiruppur 253 km, usually 33 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹3,500
    Today
    ▲ +₹300 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,230
    after ₹270 transport
  4. 4
    Koilkunta 473 km
    Mandi price
    ₹3,700
    Today
    same as on 8 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,230
    after ₹471 transport
  5. 5
    Jammalamadugu 431 km
    Mandi price
    ₹2,700
    Today
    same as on 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,268
    after ₹432 transport
  6. 6
    Chitradurga 492 km
    Mandi price
    ₹3,623
    On 6 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    ▲ +₹172 since 30 Oct
    You get
    ₹3,135
    after ₹488 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 Mayiladuthurai, not from your village. Transport is costed on about 1.3 times that, as roads wind.

100 km 200 km 300 km 400 km 500 km 1 2 3 4 5 6 You

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.
Next time, Mandi prices opens straight here.

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