Potato steady at ₹1,000 a quintal
Potato's median across 520 mandis was ₹1,000 a quintal. Cheapest ₹400 at Khandwa(F&V) APMC (Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh); dearest ₹3,500 at Aluva Market (Ernakulam, Keralam). Check your nearest mandi before you sell.
Key numbers
- Median
- ₹1,000
- Previous day
- ₹1,000
- Mandis
- 520
- Low – high
- ₹400 – ₹3,500
New Delhi: The price is about where it was on the previous market day (6 October 2026): ₹1,000 then, ₹1,000 now.
Median in the major states: Tamil Nadu ₹3,000, Keralam ₹2,800, Karnataka ₹1,750, Telangana ₹1,700, Odisha ₹1,600 and Himachal Pradesh ₹1,500.
Potato prices came in from 520 mandis in 24 states today. The lowest was ₹400 and the highest ₹3,500; most of that gap is variety and quality.
Before you sell: compare two or three nearby mandis, add the cost of transport, and take the crop dried and graded — clean produce fetches a better price.
Potato: national median, day by day
- 3 Oct534 mandis
- 4 Oct401 mandis
- 5 Oct516 mandis
- 6 Oct526 mandis
- 7 Oct520 mandis
The number of reporting mandis changes daily; a day with far fewer or more mandis is a less reliable comparison.
Median by state
Every mandi →Highest- and lowest-paying mandis
Highest
- Aluva MarketErnakulam, Keralam · Potato₹3,500
- Aruppukottai(Uzhavar Sandhai )Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu · Red Nanital₹3,500
- Katpadi (Uzhavar Sandhai )Vellore, Tamil Nadu · Red Nanital₹3,500
- Padappai(Uzhavar Sandhai )Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu₹3,500
- Rasipuram(Uzhavar Sandhai )Namakkal, Tamil Nadu₹3,500
Lowest
- Vilthararoad APMCBallia, Uttar Pradesh₹400
- Lohian Khas APMCJalandhar, Punjab₹400
- Khandwa(F&V) APMCKhandwa, Madhya Pradesh · Potato₹400
- Katni(F&V) APMCKatni, Madhya Pradesh₹406
- Nakodar APMCJalandhar, Punjab · Potato₹440
Modal price, ₹ a quintal. Variety and quality change the price.
This story was written automatically from Agmarknet's official/open data. Every number in it comes from that data — nothing is estimated. Spot a mistake? Write to kisansamacharofficial@gmail.com.
