Turmeric mandi prices near Palakkad

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.

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Best for you now

Perundurai, 132 km away

₹21,100 a quintal

Mandi price
₹21,100
Transport for about 172 km by road change
−₹160
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹20,940

Reported on 11 Nov.

Compared with Erode (144 km), where the most turmeric arrives

₹706 a quintal more after transport

4 mandis within 150 km

  1. 1
    Perundurai 132 km, usually 708 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹21,100
    On 11 Nov
    ▼ −₹879 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹20,940
    after ₹160 transport
  2. 2
    Erode 144 km, usually 1,123 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹20,405
    On 11 Nov
    ▼ −₹30 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹20,234
    after ₹171 transport
  3. 3
    Gundlupet 118 km, usually 82 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹16,000
    On 9 Nov
    ▼ −₹3,500 since 2 Nov
    You get
    ₹15,853
    after ₹147 transport
  4. 4
    Hanuru 146 km, location approximate
    Mandi price
    ₹9,000
    On 7 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    ▼ −₹3,000 since 31 Oct
    You get
    ₹8,827
    after ₹173 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 Palakkad, 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?

Erode, the biggest turmeric mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹14,000 ₹16,000 ₹18,000 ₹20,000 ₹22,000
5 Oct 11 Nov
Latest ₹20,405 a quintal on 11 Nov
Up 26% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Erode, in a usual year. Most turmeric reaches the mandi in March. The price is usually lowest in September and highest in March.

0 1,000 t 2,000 t 3,000 t
₹5,000 ₹9,000 ₹10,000
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 5 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026).
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Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).