Watermelon mandi prices near Ramanathapuram

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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Vadaseri, 217 km away

₹2,350 a quintal

Mandi price
₹2,350
Transport for about 282 km by road change
−₹237
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹2,113

Reported today.

Compared with Kattappana Market (195 km), where the most watermelon arrives

₹230 a quintal more after transport

5 mandis within 250 km

  1. 1
    Vadaseri 217 km
    Mandi price
    ₹2,350
    Today
    same as on 8 Nov
    You get
    ₹2,113
    after ₹237 transport
  2. 2
    Thodupuzha Market 241 km, usually 1 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,250
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹50 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹1,991
    after ₹259 transport
  3. 3
    Kattappana Market 195 km, usually 7 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,100
    On 11 Nov
    same as on 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹1,882
    after ₹218 transport
  4. 4
    Munnar Market 209 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
    ₹2,770
    after ₹230 transport
  5. 5
    Mandi price
    ₹1,700
    On 10 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    You get
    ₹1,447
    after ₹253 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 Ramanathapuram, 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 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) 113 km ₹3,000 a quintal today
  • Kulithalai (Uzhavar Sandhai) 167 km ₹2,750 a quintal today
  • Theni (Uzhavar Sandhai) 163 km ₹2,500 a quintal today
  • Anaiyur (Uzhavar Sandhai) 98 km ₹2,250 a quintal today
  • Chokkikulam (Uzhavar Sandhai) 110 km ₹2,250 a quintal today
  • Anna nagar (Uzhavar Sandhai) 92 km ₹2,200 a quintal today
  • Thathakapatti (Uzhavar Sandhai) 247 km ₹2,250 a quintal today
  • Rasipuram (Uzhavar Sandhai) 229 km ₹2,000 a quintal today
  • Namakkal (Uzhavar Sandhai) 213 km ₹1,650 a quintal today
  • Kumarapalayam (Uzhavar Sandhai) 248 km ₹1,250 a quintal today
  • Thammampatti (Uzhavar Sandhai) 218 km ₹1,750 a quintal on 9 Nov
  • Mohanur (Uzhavar Sandhai) 190 km ₹1,650 a quintal on 8 Nov
  • Periyar Nagar (Uzhavar Sandhai) 239 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).