Watermelon mandi prices near Coimbatore
Prices checked yesterday at 11:46 pm
हिंदी में देखेंThe latest price at every mandi within reach (each with its date), and where you'd take home the most after the trip.
Best for you now
Munnar Market, 81 km away
₹3,000 a quintal
- Mandi price
- ₹3,000
- Transport for about 105 km by road change
- −₹114
- You get, a quintal, before commission
- ₹2,887
Reported on 10 Nov.
Compared with Manjeri Market (100 km), where the most watermelon arrives
₹1,018 a quintal more after transport
2 mandis within 100 km
-
1
Munnar Market 81 km, usually 2 tonnes this month
- Mandi price
- ₹3,000
- On 10 Nov
- ▲ +₹500 since 1 Nov
- You get
- ₹2,887
- after ₹114 transport
-
2
Manjeri Market 100 km, usually 72 tonnes this month
- Mandi price
- ₹2,000
- On 10 Nov
- ▲ +₹200 since 5 Nov
- You get
- ₹1,869
- after ₹131 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 Coimbatore, not from your village. Transport is costed on about 1.3 times that, as roads wind.
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)
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.
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.
- RSPuram (Uzhavar Sandhai) 25 km ₹2,750 a quintal yesterday
- Mettupalayam (Uzhavar Sandhai) 23 km ₹2,250 a quintal on 10 Nov
Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).