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Cotton (Kapas) Price at Gharsana Mandi

Agmarknet report for Wednesday, 14 October 2026 2 days ago · Ganganagar, Rajasthan

Modal price · main variety
₹8,945per quintal
▲ +₹10 (0.1%) since 13 Oct

American (FAQ) · ₹89.45 per kg

In short

What the prices show

On 14 Oct, the price was ₹8,945 per quintal, the same as on 13 Oct. Over the last 30 days the price moved between ₹8,430 on 2 Oct and ₹9,151 on 15 Sep. A year earlier, on 14 Oct 2025, the price was ₹7,130; it is now 25% higher.

Last week

Cotton at Gharsana last week

Last week (5 Oct to 11 Oct 2026), the Cotton price at Gharsana averaged ₹8,620 per quintal over 5 report days, up 0.9% from ₹8,542 the week before.

During the week it ranged from ₹8,470 on 5 Oct to ₹8,760 on 9 Oct.

In the same week last year it averaged ₹7,474, so last week was 15.3% higher.

Last week's full market report

Price movement

How the price moved

▲ +₹10 (0.1%) since 13 Oct▲ +₹285 (3.3%) since 7 Oct▲ +₹1,815 (25.5%) since 14 Oct 2025

Modal price of the main variety: American (FAQ). Changes and the chart follow this variety, so they compare like with like.

₹89.45 per kg. Wholesale market price; shops charge more.

Prices by variety on 14 Oct 2026

VarietyGradeMinMaxModal
AmericanFAQ₹8,930₹8,955₹8,945

Modal price = the price most trade happened at that day. Prices per quintal.

Price chart (per quintal)

₹8,343₹8,578₹8,812₹9,046₹9,28122 Sep29 Sep6 OctAvg ₹8,722▲ ₹9,151▼ ₹8,430
₹6,406₹7,202₹7,999₹8,796₹9,592Nov 2025Jan 2026Mar 2026May 2026Jul 2026Sep 2026Avg ₹7,646▲ ₹9,151▼ ₹6,700
₹6,775₹7,385₹7,994₹8,604₹9,21320252026Avg ₹7,552▲ ₹8,876▼ ₹7,000

Records from 2024. The all-years chart shows monthly averages.

Reports in the last 30 days

This market reported on 14 of the last 30 days.

DateModalMinMax
14 Oct₹8,945₹8,930₹8,955
13 Oct₹8,935₹8,840₹8,950
12 Oct₹8,930₹8,865₹8,945
9 Oct₹8,760₹8,690₹8,780
8 Oct₹8,660₹8,625₹8,675
7 Oct₹8,660₹8,480₹8,680
6 Oct₹8,550₹8,460₹8,595
5 Oct₹8,470₹8,390₹8,505
3 Oct₹8,440₹8,305₹8,500
2 Oct₹8,430₹8,410₹8,440
1 Oct₹8,550₹8,450₹8,610
29 Sep₹8,750₹8,700₹8,761
25 Sep₹8,851₹8,851₹8,851
23 Sep₹8,751₹8,751₹8,751
15 Sep₹9,151₹9,151₹9,151

Cotton at other markets

MarketStateModalDate
GajsinghpurRajasthan₹9,07515 Oct
PadampurRajasthan₹9,02515 Oct
Raisingh NagarRajasthan₹9,00015 Oct
RawlaRajasthan₹8,58315 Oct
Sri KaranpurRajasthan₹9,12315 Oct
SuratgarhRajasthan₹8,89015 Oct
AnupgarhRajasthan₹8,89013 Oct
SadulshaharRajasthan₹8,70013 Oct
Sri VijayanagarRajasthan₹8,85113 Oct
Sriganganagar (Grain)Rajasthan₹8,87513 Oct
BijaynagarRajasthan₹8,50015 Oct
GoluwalaRajasthan₹9,02514 Oct

Cotton prices at every market in Rajasthan · Cotton prices across India · All prices at Gharsana

Guide

What moves these prices

What the kapas price in the mandi means, how the cotton season runs, how CCI buys at the minimum support price, what moves cotton prices, and the latest prices across markets.

Read the guide: Cotton (kapas) prices in India: the season, CCI and what moves prices

Questions

Cotton at Gharsana: questions

What is the cotton price at Gharsana?

The latest report is from 14 Oct 2026: ₹8,945 per quintal for the American variety. Gharsana has not reported it today yet; every price here shows its own date.

What do the minimum, maximum and modal prices mean?

The minimum and maximum are the lowest and highest prices at which the produce sold that day. The modal price is the price at which most of it sold, so it is the best single figure; our charts and changes use it.

How do I turn the quintal price into a price per kg?

A quintal is 100 kg, so divide by 100: ₹8,945 per quintal is ₹89.45 per kg.

Why does Gharsana list several varieties?

Markets report prices by variety and grade. So that changes compare like with like, the changes and charts here follow American, the variety Gharsana reports most often; the table lists every variety.

How often does Gharsana report cotton prices?

On 14 of the last 30 days. Markets report on the days they trade and send their data, often later the same day or the next day; Sundays and holidays usually have none. We check for new reports every 20 minutes and show each price with its own date.

Where do these prices come from?

Agmarknet, the Government of India's agricultural marketing portal (Directorate of Marketing and Inspection), collects the prices that market committees report each trading day; we take them from data.gov.in.

Source: Agmarknet (Directorate of Marketing & Inspection, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare), via data.gov.in under the Government Open Data Licence – India. Prices as reported by the market committees; 1 quintal = 100 kg. Markets do not report every day; each price shows its own date. We read the source at 01:50 IST on 16 Oct 2026.