Sweet Potato mandi prices near Shimla

Prices checked today at 2:00 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.

Sweet Potato change Shimla change

Best for you now

Sirhind, 138 km away

₹2,700 a quintal

Mandi price
₹2,700
Transport for about 179 km by road change
−₹165
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹2,535

Reported yesterday.

Compared with Ropar (112 km), where the most sweet potato arrives

₹77 a quintal more after transport

5 mandis within 150 km

  1. 1
    Sirhind 138 km, usually 2 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,700
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹300 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,535
    after ₹165 transport
  2. 2
    Ropar 112 km, usually 9 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,600
    Today
    ▲ +₹200 since 4 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,458
    after ₹142 transport
  3. 3
    Chutmalpur 132 km, usually 7 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹1,400
    On 11 Nov
    ▼ −₹1,100 since 3 Nov
    You get
    ₹1,240
    after ₹160 transport
  4. 4
    Una 134 km
    Mandi price
    ₹4,500
    On 10 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    same as on 2 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,338
    after ₹162 transport
  5. 5
    Nawan Shahar (Subzi Mandi) 147 km, usually 2 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹3,200
    On 10 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    ▲ +₹400 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,026
    after ₹174 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 Shimla, not from your village. Transport is costed on about 1.3 times that, as roads wind.

50 km 100 km 150 km 1 2 3 4 5 You

Numbers match the list. Darker pays more; bigger is where more usually arrives.

Is the price rising?

Ropar, the biggest sweet potato mandi near you, since 14 Oct.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹2,000 ₹2,200 ₹2,400 ₹2,600
14 Oct 13 Nov
Latest ₹2,600 a quintal on 13 Nov
Steady since 14 Oct Highest since 14 Oct

Which months pay more?

At Ropar, in a usual year. Most sweet potato reaches the mandi in January. The price is usually lowest in February and highest in January.

0 1 t 2 t 3 t 4 t
₹2,000 ₹2,200 ₹2,400 ₹2,600
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).