Watermelon mandi prices near Pudukkottai

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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Thodupuzha Market, 237 km away

₹2,250 a quintal

Mandi price
₹2,250
Transport for about 308 km by road change
−₹256
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹1,994

Reported yesterday.

Compared with Kattappana Market (199 km), where the most watermelon arrives

₹116 a quintal more after transport

4 mandis within 250 km

  1. 1
    Thodupuzha Market 237 km, usually 1 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,250
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹50 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹1,994
    after ₹256 transport
  2. 2
    Kattappana Market 199 km, usually 7 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,100
    On 11 Nov
    same as on 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹1,879
    after ₹221 transport
  3. 3
    Munnar Market 197 km, usually 2 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹3,000
    On 10 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    ▲ +₹500 since 1 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,781
    after ₹219 transport
  4. 4
    Mandi price
    ₹1,700
    On 10 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    You get
    ₹1,514
    after ₹186 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 Pudukkottai, not from your village. Transport is costed on about 1.3 times that, as roads wind.

50 km 100 km 150 km 200 km 250 km 1 2 3 4 You

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 11 Nov
Latest ₹2,100 a quintal on 11 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.

  • Tuticorin (Uzhavar Sandhai) 182 km ₹3,000 a quintal today
  • Kulithalai (Uzhavar Sandhai) 87 km ₹2,750 a quintal today
  • Tiruvannamalai (Uzhavar Sandhai) 216 km ₹2,750 a quintal today
  • RSPuram (Uzhavar Sandhai) 227 km ₹2,750 a quintal today
  • Theni (Uzhavar Sandhai) 153 km ₹2,500 a quintal today
  • Anaiyur (Uzhavar Sandhai) 88 km ₹2,250 a quintal today
  • Chokkikulam (Uzhavar Sandhai) 103 km ₹2,250 a quintal today
  • Anna nagar (Uzhavar Sandhai) 87 km ₹2,200 a quintal today
  • Thathakapatti (Uzhavar Sandhai) 165 km ₹2,250 a quintal today
  • Mettupalayam (Uzhavar Sandhai) 222 km ₹2,250 a quintal today
  • Tamarainagar (Uzhavar Sandhai) 241 km ₹2,250 a quintal today
  • Rasipuram (Uzhavar Sandhai) 148 km ₹2,000 a quintal today
  • Mettur (Uzhavar Sandhai) 202 km ₹1,750 a quintal today
  • Namakkal (Uzhavar Sandhai) 135 km ₹1,650 a quintal today
  • Kumarapalayam (Uzhavar Sandhai) 177 km ₹1,250 a quintal today
  • Thammampatti (Uzhavar Sandhai) 134 km ₹1,750 a quintal on 9 Nov
  • Mohanur (Uzhavar Sandhai) 116 km ₹1,650 a quintal on 8 Nov
  • Periyar Nagar (Uzhavar Sandhai) 169 km ₹1,250 a quintal on 7 Nov
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Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).