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Red gram/Arhar/Tur steady at ₹8,800 a quintal

Red gram/Arhar/Tur's median across 102 mandis was ₹8,800 a quintal. Cheapest ₹4,159 at Laxmeshwar APMC (Gadag, Karnataka); dearest ₹14,800 at Palakkad Market (Palakad, Keralam). Check your nearest mandi before you sell.

Key numbers

Median
₹8,800
Previous day
₹8,901
Mandis
102
Low – high
₹4,159 – ₹14,800
MSP
₹8,450
Photo: P Jeganathan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Representative image

New Delhi: The price is about where it was on the previous market day (6 October 2026): ₹8,901 then, ₹8,800 now.

Red gram/Arhar/Tur prices came in from 102 mandis in 8 states today. The lowest was ₹4,159 and the highest ₹14,800; most of that gap is variety and quality.

Red gram/Arhar/Tur's MSP is ₹8,450 a quintal. Today 44 of 109 mandis (40%) paid less than that.

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.

Red gram/Arhar/Tur: national median, day by day

₹8,700₹8,266₹9,000₹8,901₹8,800
  1. 3 Oct107 mandis
  2. 4 Oct20 mandis
  3. 5 Oct121 mandis
  4. 6 Oct112 mandis
  5. 7 Oct102 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 →
Keralam2 mandis₹14,600
Maharashtra47 mandis₹9,350
Karnataka11 mandis₹9,200
Telangana3 mandis₹9,091
Andhra Pradesh6 mandis₹8,300
Madhya Pradesh20 mandis₹8,100
Gujarat10 mandis₹7,955
Uttar Pradesh3 mandis₹6,000

Vertical line = MSP ₹8,450.

Highest- and lowest-paying mandis

Highest

  1. Palakkad MarketPalakad, Keralam · Arhar Dal(Tur)₹14,800
  2. Neeleswaram MarketKasargod, Keralam₹14,400
  3. Basava Kalayana APMCBidar, Karnataka · Arhar (Whole)₹10,180
  4. APMC GevraiBeed, Maharashtra₹10,100
  5. Bidar APMCBidar, Karnataka · Arhar (Whole)₹10,039

Lowest

  1. Laxmeshwar APMCGadag, Karnataka · Arhar (Whole)₹4,159
  2. APMC PaithanChattrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra₹4,301
  3. Shahpura Niwas APMCDindori, Madhya Pradesh · Arhar Dal(Tur)₹4,450
  4. Morena APMCMorena, Madhya Pradesh · Arhar Dal(Tur)₹5,000
  5. Jobat APMCAlirajpur, Madhya Pradesh · Arhar Dal(Tur)₹5,500

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.

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