Lime (Kagzi) mandi prices near The Nilgiris

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.

Lime (Kagzi) change The Nilgiris change

Best for you now

Pattambi Market, 97 km away

₹12,500 a quintal

Mandi price
₹12,500
Transport for about 126 km by road change
−₹128
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹12,372

Reported yesterday.

Compared with Koduvayoor Market (87 km), where the most lime (kagzi) arrives

₹1,791 a quintal more after transport

4 mandis within 100 km

  1. 1
    Pattambi Market 97 km, usually 3 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹12,500
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹1,000 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹12,372
    after ₹128 transport
  2. 2
    Koduvayoor Market 87 km, usually 16 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹10,700
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹2,500 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹10,581
    after ₹119 transport
  3. 3
    Palakkad Market 73 km, usually 8 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹6,600
    Yesterday
    same as on 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹6,494
    after ₹107 transport
  4. 4
    Mysuru 91 km
    Mandi price
    ₹3,000
    On 9 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    You get
    ₹2,877
    after ₹123 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 The Nilgiris, 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?

Koduvayoor Market, the biggest lime (kagzi) mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

0 ₹5,000 ₹10,000 ₹15,000 ₹20,000
5 Oct 12 Nov
Latest ₹10,700 a quintal on 12 Nov
Down 28% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Koduvayoor Market, in a usual year. Most lime (kagzi) reaches the mandi in December. The price is usually lowest in January and highest in April.

0 5 t 10 t 15 t 20 t
₹0 ₹10,000 ₹15,000
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 5 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.

  • Mettupalayam (Uzhavar Sandhai) 60 km ₹17,000 a quintal yesterday
  • Singanallur (Uzhavar Sandhai) 66 km ₹17,000 a quintal yesterday
  • RSPuram (Uzhavar Sandhai) 56 km ₹16,500 a quintal yesterday
  • Coonoor (Uzhavar Sandhai) 21 km ₹13,500 a quintal yesterday
  • Udhagamandalam (Uzhavar Sandhai) 8 km ₹11,500 a quintal yesterday
Next time, Mandi prices opens straight here.

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