Pineapple mandi prices near Virudhunagar

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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Kattappana Market, 89 km away

₹4,800 a quintal

Mandi price
₹4,800
Transport for about 116 km by road change
−₹121
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹4,679

Reported on 10 Nov.

It's also where the most pineapple arrives nearby.

1 mandi within 100 km

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    Kattappana Market 89 km, usually 76 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,800
    On 10 Nov
    ▲ +₹300 since 4 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,679
    after ₹121 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 Virudhunagar, 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?

Kattappana Market, the biggest pineapple mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹4,000 ₹4,500 ₹5,000 ₹5,500
3 Oct 10 Nov
Latest ₹4,800 a quintal on 10 Nov
Down 13% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Kattappana Market, in a usual year. Most pineapple reaches the mandi in August. The price is usually lowest in June and highest in April.

0 25 t 50 t 75 t 100 t
₹2,500 ₹4,500
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.

  • Theni (Uzhavar Sandhai) 73 km ₹8,000 a quintal yesterday
  • Anna nagar (Uzhavar Sandhai) 56 km ₹7,500 a quintal yesterday
  • Chokkikulam (Uzhavar Sandhai) 50 km ₹6,500 a quintal yesterday
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Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).