Onion mandi prices near Palakkad

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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Vadakkenchery Market, 22 km away

₹6,500 a quintal

Mandi price
₹6,500
Transport for about 29 km by road change
−₹44
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹6,457

Reported on 10 Nov.

Compared with Kollengode Market (31 km), where the most onion arrives

₹1,717 a quintal more after transport

27 mandis within 100 km

  1. 1
    Vadakkenchery Market 22 km, usually 7 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹6,500
    On 10 Nov
    same as on 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹6,457
    after ₹44 transport
  2. 2
    Udumalpet 88 km, usually 26 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹6,500
    Yesterday
    same as on 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹6,380
    after ₹120 transport
  3. 3
    Chavakkad Market 54 km, usually 12 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹6,200
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹200 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹6,111
    after ₹89 transport
  4. 4
    Chalakudy Market 55 km, usually 5 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹6,000
    On 10 Nov
    same as on 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,910
    after ₹90 transport
  5. 5
    Perumbavoor Market 75 km, usually 141 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹6,000
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹500 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,891
    after ₹109 transport
  6. 6
    Palakkad Market 20 km, usually 219 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,800
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹100 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,761
    after ₹39 transport
  7. 7
    Perinthalmanna Market 33 km, usually 60 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,800
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹500 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,736
    after ₹65 transport
  8. 8
    Irinjalakkuda Market 57 km, usually 2 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,800
    On 10 Nov
    ▲ +₹300 since 4 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,708
    after ₹92 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 Palakkad, 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?

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

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹4,750 ₹5,000 ₹5,250 ₹5,500 ₹5,750 ₹6,000
2 Oct 10 Nov
Latest ₹4,800 a quintal on 10 Nov
Down 16% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

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

0 500 t 1,000 t 1,500 t 2,000 t
₹0 ₹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 2 to 3 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.

  • Coonoor (Uzhavar Sandhai) 72 km ₹6,200 a quintal yesterday
  • Udhagamandalam (Uzhavar Sandhai) 74 km ₹6,150 a quintal yesterday
  • Gudalur (Uzhavar Sandhai) 82 km ₹6,000 a quintal yesterday
  • Pollachi (Uzhavar Sandhai) 60 km ₹5,800 a quintal yesterday
  • Sundarapuram (Uzhavar Sandhai) 58 km ₹5,750 a quintal yesterday
  • Kurichi (Uzhavar Sandhai) 59 km ₹5,750 a quintal yesterday
  • Mettupalayam (Uzhavar Sandhai) 59 km ₹5,750 a quintal yesterday
  • Vadavalli (Uzhavar Sandhai) 55 km ₹5,650 a quintal yesterday
  • Singanallur (Uzhavar Sandhai) 65 km ₹5,650 a quintal yesterday
  • Sulur (Uzhavar Sandhai) 78 km ₹5,650 a quintal yesterday
  • RSPuram (Uzhavar Sandhai) 55 km ₹5,500 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).