Onion mandi prices near Darjeeling

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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Best for you now

Karsiyang (Matigara), 18 km away

₹5,600 a quintal

Mandi price
₹5,600
Transport for about 23 km by road change
−₹35
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹5,566

Reported on 11 Nov.

Compared with Siliguri (23 km), where the most onion arrives

₹1,011 a quintal more after transport

7 mandis within 100 km

  1. 1
    Karsiyang (Matigara) 18 km, usually 212 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,600
    On 11 Nov
    ▼ −₹400 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,566
    after ₹35 transport
  2. 2
    Moynaguri 64 km, usually 83 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,100
    On 10 Nov
    ▲ +₹300 since 3 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,002
    after ₹98 transport
  3. 3
    Dhupguri 80 km, usually 267 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,900
    Yesterday
    same as on 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,787
    after ₹113 transport
  4. 4
    Jalpaiguri Sadar 59 km, usually 150 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,800
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹200 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,706
    after ₹94 transport
  5. 5
    Siliguri 23 km, usually 1,073 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,600
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹300 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,555
    after ₹45 transport
  6. 6
    Islampur 66 km, usually 47 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,200
    On 11 Nov
    same as on 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,100
    after ₹100 transport
  7. 7
    Ramnagar 97 km
    Mandi price
    ₹4,000
    On 6 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    You get
    ₹3,872
    after ₹128 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 Darjeeling, 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?

Siliguri, the biggest onion mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹4,200 ₹4,400 ₹4,600 ₹4,800 ₹5,000
2 Oct 12 Nov
Latest ₹4,600 a quintal on 12 Nov
Steady in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Siliguri, in a usual year. Most onion reaches the mandi in May. The price is usually lowest in May and highest in November.

0 500 t 1,000 t 1,500 t
₹0 ₹1,000 ₹4,000
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).
Next time, Mandi prices opens straight here.

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