Potato mandi prices near Ernakulam

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, 63 km away

₹7,000 a quintal

Mandi price
₹7,000
Transport for about 82 km by road change
−₹97
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹6,903

Reported on 10 Nov.

Compared with Kollengode Market (63 km), where the most potato arrives

₹3,800 a quintal more after transport

36 mandis within 100 km

  1. 1
    Vadakkenchery Market 63 km, usually 5 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹7,000
    On 10 Nov
    same as on 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹6,903
    after ₹97 transport
  2. 2
    Thrippunithura Market 32 km, usually 24 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹6,400
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹1,400 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹6,337
    after ₹63 transport
  3. 3
    Broadway Market Market 39 km, usually 187 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,200
    On 10 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,124
    after ₹76 transport
  4. 4
    North Paravur Market 45 km, usually 19 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,800
    Yesterday
    same as on 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,719
    after ₹81 transport
  5. 5
    Udumalpet 91 km, usually 11 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,750
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹250 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,627
    after ₹123 transport
  6. 6
    Chavakkad Market 83 km, usually 2 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,600
    On 11 Nov
    ▲ +₹600 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,484
    after ₹116 transport
  7. 7
    Thodupuzha Market 19 km, usually 110 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,500
    On 11 Nov
    ▲ +₹200 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,463
    after ₹38 transport
  8. 8
    Athirampuzha Market 44 km, usually 17 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,500
    On 11 Nov
    ▲ +₹1,000 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,420
    after ₹80 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 Ernakulam, 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 potato mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹2,500 ₹3,000 ₹3,500 ₹4,000 ₹4,500
2 Oct 10 Nov
Latest ₹3,200 a quintal on 10 Nov
Down 14% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Kollengode Market, in a usual year. Most potato reaches the mandi in August. The price is usually lowest in March and highest in July.

0 250 t 500 t 750 t 1,000 t
₹2,500
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 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.

  • Theni (Uzhavar Sandhai) 93 km ₹6,500 a quintal yesterday
  • Chinnamanur (Uzhavar Sandhai) 86 km ₹6,400 a quintal yesterday
  • Pollachi (Uzhavar Sandhai) 80 km ₹5,500 a quintal yesterday
  • Kodaikkanal (Uzhavar Sandhai) 98 km ₹4,500 a quintal on 10 Nov
  • Devaram (Uzhavar Sandhai) 74 km ₹3,000 a quintal yesterday
  • Bodinayakanur (Uzhavar Sandhai) 79 km ₹3,000 a quintal yesterday
  • Kambam (Uzhavar Sandhai) 80 km ₹2,900 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).