Onion mandi prices near Kolkata

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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Barasat, 48 km away

₹5,500 a quintal

Mandi price
₹5,500
Transport for about 62 km by road change
−₹83
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹5,417

Reported yesterday.

Compared with Bara Bazar (Posta Bazar) (6 km), where the most onion arrives

₹779 a quintal more after transport

18 mandis within 100 km

  1. 1
    Barasat 48 km, usually 1,155 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,500
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹100 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,417
    after ₹83 transport
  2. 2
    Habra 26 km, usually 520 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,200
    On 11 Nov
    ▲ +₹700 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,149
    after ₹51 transport
  3. 3
    Baruipur (Canning) 20 km, usually 58 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,100
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹100 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,061
    after ₹39 transport
  4. 4
    Bara Bazar (Posta Bazar) 6 km, usually 2,083 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,650
    On 11 Nov
    ▼ −₹25 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,638
    after ₹12 transport
  5. 5
    Burdwan 93 km, usually 525 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,700
    On 11 Nov
    ▼ −₹300 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,575
    after ₹125 transport
  6. 6
    Kalna 76 km, usually 103 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,650
    On 11 Nov
    ▼ −₹50 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,541
    after ₹109 transport
  7. 7
    Sheoraphuly 29 km, usually 476 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,475
    On 11 Nov
    ▲ +₹50 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,418
    after ₹57 transport
  8. 8
    Ghatal 65 km, usually 81 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,500
    On 11 Nov
    same as on 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,401
    after ₹100 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 Kolkata, 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?

Bara Bazar (Posta Bazar), the biggest onion mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹4,000 ₹4,250 ₹4,500 ₹4,750 ₹5,000 ₹5,250
3 Oct 11 Nov
Latest ₹4,650 a quintal on 11 Nov
Steady in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Bara Bazar (Posta Bazar), in a usual year. Most onion reaches the mandi in June. The price is usually lowest in April and highest in November.

0 1,000 t 2,000 t 3,000 t
₹0 ₹4,000 ₹6,000
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 3 to 5 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026).
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Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).