Watermelon mandi prices near Dakshina Kannada

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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Mysuru, 168 km away

₹2,390 a quintal

Mandi price
₹2,390
Transport for about 218 km by road change
−₹193
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹2,197

Reported yesterday.

Kottakkal Market pays more (₹2,400 a quintal, yesterday), but it is 219 km away: after the trip you would get less.

Compared with Manjeri Market (213 km), where the most watermelon arrives

₹431 a quintal more after transport

4 mandis within 250 km

  1. 1
    Mysuru 168 km, usually 8 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,390
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹110 since 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,197
    after ₹193 transport
  2. 2
    Kottakkal Market 219 km, usually 36 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,400
    Yesterday
    same as on 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,161
    after ₹240 transport
  3. 3
    Manjeri Market 213 km, usually 72 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,000
    On 10 Nov
    ▲ +₹200 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹1,766
    after ₹234 transport
  4. 4
    Davangere 198 km, usually 12 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹1,500
    Yesterday
    same as on 7 Nov
    You get
    ₹1,280
    after ₹220 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 Dakshina Kannada, 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?

Manjeri Market, the biggest watermelon mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹1,800 ₹1,850 ₹1,900 ₹1,950 ₹2,000
3 Oct 10 Nov
Latest ₹2,000 a quintal on 10 Nov
Up 11% in six weeks Highest in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Manjeri Market, in a usual year. Most watermelon reaches the mandi in April. The price is usually lowest in August and highest in November.

0 50 t 100 t 150 t
₹2,200
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 3 to 6 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).