Onion cheapest in Uttar Pradesh, dearest in Tamil Nadu
Across 14 major states' mandis, Onion's median was ₹3,000 a quintal in Uttar Pradesh and ₹6,000 in Tamil Nadu — a 100% gap.
Key numbers
- Cheapest
- Uttar Pradesh ₹3,000
- Dearest
- Tamil Nadu ₹6,000
- States
- 14
New Delhi: State medians, cheapest to dearest: Uttar Pradesh ₹3,000, Madhya Pradesh ₹3,000, Rajasthan ₹3,300, Maharashtra ₹3,500, Gujarat ₹3,750, Karnataka ₹4,000, Telangana ₹4,000, Punjab ₹4,200, Haryana ₹4,225, West Bengal ₹4,600, Himachal Pradesh ₹4,700, Odisha ₹5,000, Keralam ₹5,800 and Tamil Nadu ₹6,000.
This gap between states comes from Onion's variety, seasonal arrivals and distance. Traders buy in the cheap state and sell in the dear one — so compare your state’s price with the neighbours’.
Onion: national median, day by day
- 3 Oct631 mandis
- 4 Oct409 mandis
- 5 Oct590 mandis
- 6 Oct576 mandis
- 7 Oct562 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
- Kamakhyanagar APMCDhenkanal, Odisha · Onion₹12,000
- Palakkad MarketPalakad, Keralam · Small₹11,600
- Kottayam MarketKottayam, Keralam₹10,200
- Harippad MarketAlappuzha, Keralam · Small₹10,000
- Ettumanoor MarketKottayam, Keralam · Onion₹9,500
Lowest
- Badnawar APMCDhar, Madhya Pradesh · Onion₹1,500
- Shajapur APMCShajapur, Madhya Pradesh · Medium₹1,510
- Sagar(F&V) APMCSagar, Madhya Pradesh · Onion₹1,800
- Mahuva(Station Road) APMCBhavnagar, Gujarat · White₹1,830
- Kasganj APMCKasganj, Uttar Pradesh₹1,877
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.
