Watermelon mandi prices near Tenkasi
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
Vadaseri, 99 km away
₹2,750 a quintal
- Mandi price
- ₹2,750
- Transport for about 129 km by road change
- −₹130
- You get, a quintal, before commission
- ₹2,620
Reported yesterday.
Compared with Kattappana Market (83 km), where the most watermelon arrives
₹635 a quintal more after transport
2 mandis within 100 km
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1
Vadaseri 99 km
- Mandi price
- ₹2,750
- Yesterday
- ▲ +₹400 since 7 Nov
- You get
- ₹2,620
- after ₹130 transport
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2
Kattappana Market 83 km, usually 7 tonnes this month
- Mandi price
- ₹2,100
- On 10 Nov
- same as on 4 Nov
- You get
- ₹1,984
- after ₹116 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 Tenkasi, 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?
Kattappana Market, the biggest watermelon mandi near you, over the last six weeks.
₹ a quintal (100 kg)
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.
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) 82 km ₹2,750 a quintal yesterday
Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).