Sunflower mandi prices near Chennai

Prices checked yesterday at 9:00 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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Sindhanur, 482 km away

₹8,000 a quintal

Mandi price
₹8,000
Transport for about 627 km by road change
−₹479
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹7,521

Reported on 11 Nov.

It's also where the most sunflower arrives nearby.

8 mandis within 500 km

  1. 1
    Sindhanur 482 km, usually 198 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹8,000
    On 11 Nov
    You get
    ₹7,521
    after ₹479 transport
  2. 2
    Chitradurga 435 km, usually 53 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹7,700
    On 11 Nov
    ▲ +₹103 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹7,264
    after ₹436 transport
  3. 3
    Challakere 411 km, usually 8 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹7,658
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹17 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹7,244
    after ₹414 transport
  4. 4
    Ballari 426 km
    Mandi price
    ₹7,598
    On 12 Nov
    ▲ +₹198 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹7,170
    after ₹428 transport
  5. 5
    Gundlupet 409 km, usually 22 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹7,296
    On 12 Nov
    ▼ −₹304 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹6,884
    after ₹412 transport
  6. 6
    Kottur 476 km, usually 197 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹7,242
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹66 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹6,769
    after ₹473 transport
  7. 7
    Kurnool 390 km, usually 55 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,770
    Yesterday
    You get
    ₹5,375
    after ₹395 transport
  8. 8
    Raichur 469 km, usually 13 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹6,060
    On 7 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    You get
    ₹5,593
    after ₹467 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 Chennai, 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?

Sindhanur, the biggest sunflower mandi near you, since 9 Oct.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹6,500 ₹7,000 ₹7,500 ₹8,000 ₹8,500
9 Oct 11 Nov
Latest ₹8,000 a quintal on 11 Nov
Up 16% since 9 Oct

Which months pay more?

At Sindhanur, in a usual year. Most sunflower reaches the mandi in September. The price is usually lowest in May and highest in September.

0 100 t 200 t 300 t 400 t
₹5,200 ₹5,400 ₹5,600 ₹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). 4 months with only one year of prices are left out.
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Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).