Pineapple mandi prices near Kathua

Prices checked yesterday 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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Dharamshala, 82 km away

₹5,250 a quintal

Mandi price
₹5,250
Transport for about 107 km by road change
−₹115
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹5,135

Reported on 10 Nov.

Compared with Narwal Jammu (F&V) (64 km), where the most pineapple arrives

₹983 a quintal more after transport

5 mandis within 100 km

  1. 1
    Dharamshala 82 km, usually 5 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,250
    On 10 Nov
    ▲ +₹750 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹5,135
    after ₹115 transport
  2. 2
    Narwal Jammu (F&V) 64 km, usually 125 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,250
    Yesterday
    ▼ −₹125 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,152
    after ₹98 transport
  3. 3
    Kangra 86 km, usually 6 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹4,200
    On 10 Nov
    same as on 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹4,082
    after ₹118 transport
  4. 4
    Kathua (F&V) 23 km, usually 32 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹3,750
    Yesterday
    ▲ +₹500 since 6 Nov
    You get
    ₹3,705
    after ₹45 transport
  5. 5
    Smy Jassur 43 km, usually 6 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹5,500
    On 6 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    You get
    ₹5,421
    after ₹79 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 Kathua, 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?

Narwal Jammu (F&V), the biggest pineapple mandi near you, over the last six weeks.

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹4,000 ₹4,500 ₹5,000 ₹5,500
1 Oct 11 Nov
Latest ₹4,250 a quintal on 11 Nov
Down 19% in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Narwal Jammu (F&V), in a usual year. Most pineapple reaches the mandi in August. The price is usually lowest in January and highest in June.

0 50 t 100 t 150 t 200 t
₹4,500
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 4 to 5 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026).
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Source: Agmarknet daily prices (data.gov.in); Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).