Watermelon mandi prices near Madurai

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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Kattappana Market, 96 km away

₹2,100 a quintal

Mandi price
₹2,100
Transport for about 125 km by road change
−₹128
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹1,973

Reported on 10 Nov.

It's also where the most watermelon arrives nearby.

1 mandi within 100 km

  1. 1
    Kattappana Market 96 km, usually 7 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,100
    On 10 Nov
    same as on 4 Nov
    You get
    ₹1,973
    after ₹128 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 Madurai, 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?

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

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹2,100 ₹2,150 ₹2,200 ₹2,250 ₹2,300
3 Oct 10 Nov
Latest ₹2,100 a quintal on 10 Nov
Steady in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Kattappana Market, in a usual year. Most watermelon reaches the mandi in May. The price is usually lowest in May and highest in January.

0 10 t 20 t 30 t 40 t
₹2,000 ₹2,200 ₹2,400 ₹2,800
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 5 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026). 4 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.

  • Theni (Uzhavar Sandhai) 55 km ₹2,500 a quintal yesterday
  • Anaiyur (Uzhavar Sandhai) 16 km ₹2,250 a quintal yesterday
  • Chokkikulam (Uzhavar Sandhai) in your district, distance not known ₹2,250 a quintal yesterday
  • Anna nagar (Uzhavar Sandhai) 19 km ₹2,200 a quintal yesterday
Next time, Mandi prices opens straight here.

Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).