Watermelon mandi prices near The Nilgiris

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.

Watermelon change The Nilgiris change

Best for you now

Mysuru, 91 km away

₹2,400 a quintal

Mandi price
₹2,400
Transport for about 118 km by road change
−₹123
You get, a quintal, before commission
₹2,277

Reported on 9 Nov.

Compared with Manjeri Market (66 km), where the most watermelon arrives

₹378 a quintal more after transport

3 mandis within 100 km

  1. 1
    Mysuru 91 km, usually 8 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,400
    On 9 Nov
    ▼ −₹370 since 31 Oct
    You get
    ₹2,277
    after ₹123 transport
  2. 2
    Manjeri Market 66 km, usually 72 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,000
    On 10 Nov
    ▲ +₹200 since 5 Nov
    You get
    ₹1,900
    after ₹100 transport
  3. 3
    Kottakkal Market 84 km, usually 36 tonnes this month
    Mandi price
    ₹2,400
    On 6 Nov, older than the others, not counted as the best
    You get
    ₹2,284
    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 The Nilgiris, not from your village. Transport is costed on about 1.3 times that, as roads wind.

25 km 50 km 75 km 100 km 1 2 3 You

Numbers match the list. Darker pays more; bigger is where more usually arrives.

Is the price rising?

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

₹ a quintal (100 kg)

₹1,800 ₹1,850 ₹1,900 ₹1,950 ₹2,000
1 Oct 10 Nov
Latest ₹2,000 a quintal on 10 Nov
Up 11% in six weeks Highest in six weeks

Which months pay more?

At Manjeri Market, in a usual year. Most watermelon reaches the mandi in April. The price is usually lowest in August and highest in November.

0 50 t 100 t 150 t
₹2,200
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 6 years of prices (the years the mandi reported, within 2021 to 2026).

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.

  • RSPuram (Uzhavar Sandhai) 56 km ₹2,750 a quintal yesterday
  • Mettupalayam (Uzhavar Sandhai) 60 km ₹2,250 a quintal on 10 Nov
Next time, Mandi prices opens straight here.

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