Lemon mandi prices near Kanniyakumari

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.

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Vadaseri, 17 km away

₹20,250 a quintal

Mandi price
₹20,250
Transport for about 22 km by road change
−₹33
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹20,217

Reported yesterday.

Compared with Aralamoodu Market (47 km), where the most lemon arrives

₹6,300 a quintal more after transport

4 mandis within 100 km

  1. 1
    Vadaseri 17 km, usually 5 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹20,250
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹1,250 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹20,217
    after ₹33 transport
  2. 2
    Aralamoodu Market 47 km, usually 23 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹14,000
    On 11 Nov
    same as on 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹13,917
    after ₹83 transport
  3. 3
    Anchal Market 82 km, usually 7 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹7,300
    On 10 Nov
    ▲ +₹400 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹7,185
    after ₹115 transport
  4. 4
    Parassala Market 22 km, usually 5 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹9,000
    On 7 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    same as on 2 Nov
    You get
    ₹8,957
    after ₹44 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 Kanniyakumari, 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?

Aralamoodu Market, the biggest lemon mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹12,000 ₹14,000 ₹16,000 ₹18,000
2 Oct 11 Nov
Latest ₹14,000 a quintal on 11 Nov
Up 17% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Aralamoodu Market, in a usual year. Most lemon reaches the mandi in August. The price is usually lowest in January and highest in May.

0 10 t 20 t 30 t
₹6,000 ₹10,000 ₹12,000
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 4 to 6 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026).

Farmers' markets nearby

Uzhavar Sandhai and Rythu Bazar markets sell retail: only registered farmers from nearby villages sell there, in small lots. Their prices aren't what a mandi pays for a load.

  • Sankarankoil (Uzhavar Sandhai) 97 km ₹15,000 a quintal on 11 Nov
  • Melapalayam (Uzhavar Sandhai) 58 km ₹12,000 a quintal yesterday
  • Palayamkottai (Uzhavar Sandhai) 58 km ₹12,000 a quintal yesterday
  • Tenkasi (Uzhavar Sandhai) 70 km ₹12,000 a quintal yesterday
  • NGO Colony (Uzhavar Sandhai) 58 km ₹11,000 a quintal on 11 Nov
Next time, Mandi prices opens straight here.

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