Watermelon mandi prices near Katihar

Prices checked today 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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Katni (F&V), 758 km away

₹1,200 a quintal

Mandi price
₹1,200
Transport for about 985 km by road change
−₹730
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹471

Reported today.

It's also where the most watermelon arrives nearby.

3 mandis within 1,000 km

  1. 1
    Katni (F&V) 758 km, usually 1 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹1,200
    Today
    You get
    ₹471
    after ₹730 transport
  2. 2
    Tiphra 682 km
    Mandi price
    ₹3,100
    On 6 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    You get
    ₹2,439
    after ₹661 transport
  3. 3
    Shahaswan 925 km, usually 0 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,200
    On 6 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    ▲ +₹300 since 1 Nov
    You get
    ₹1,318
    after ₹882 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 Katihar, 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.

Which months pay more?

At Katni (F&V), in a usual year. Most watermelon reaches the mandi in October. The price is usually lowest in September and highest in October.

0 1 t 1 t 2 t
₹900 ₹950 ₹1,000 ₹1,050 ₹1,100
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). 7 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).