Sweet Potato mandi prices near Thiruvananthapuram

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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Balarampuram Market, 18 km away

₹6,000 a quintal

Mandi price
₹6,000
Transport for about 23 km by road change
−₹35
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹5,966

Reported on 10 Nov.

It's also where the most sweet potato arrives nearby.

2 mandis within 100 km

  1. 1
    Balarampuram Market 18 km, usually 4 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹6,000
    On 10 Nov
    ▼ −₹1,000 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,966
    after ₹35 transport
  2. 2
    Sasthamkotta Market 65 km
    Mandi price
    ₹4,000
    Yesterday
    same as on 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,901
    after ₹100 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 Thiruvananthapuram, 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?

Balarampuram Market, the biggest sweet potato mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹6,000 ₹6,500 ₹7,000 ₹7,500 ₹8,000
4 Oct 10 Nov
Latest ₹6,000 a quintal on 10 Nov
Steady in six weeks

Which months pay more?

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

0 3 t 5 t 8 t 10 t
₹4,500 ₹4,750 ₹5,000 ₹5,250 ₹5,500
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 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026). 5 months with only one year of prices are left out.

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.

  • Tenkasi (Uzhavar Sandhai) 56 km ₹5,000 a quintal yesterday
  • Palayamkottai (Uzhavar Sandhai) 79 km ₹4,750 a quintal yesterday
  • Melapalayam (Uzhavar Sandhai) 82 km ₹4,750 a quintal yesterday
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Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).