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Cotton (Kapas) Price at Palitana Mandi

Agmarknet report for Wednesday, 14 October 2026 yesterday · Bhavnagar, Gujarat

Modal price · main variety
₹9,260per quintal
▲ +₹125 (1.4%) since 13 Oct

Other (Local) · ₹92.60 per kg

In short

What the prices show

On 14 Oct, the price was ₹9,260 per quintal, up 1.4% from ₹9,135 on 13 Oct. Over the last 30 days the price moved between ₹8,925 on 5 Oct and ₹9,290 on 10 Oct.

Price movement

How the price moved

▲ +₹125 (1.4%) since 13 Oct▲ +₹260 (2.9%) since 7 Oct

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

₹92.60 per kg. Wholesale market price; shops charge more.

Prices by variety on 14 Oct 2026

VarietyGradeMinMaxModal
OtherLocal₹8,750₹9,775₹9,260

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

Price chart (per quintal)

₹8,881₹9,000₹9,118₹9,237₹9,35612 OctAvg ₹9,093▲ ₹9,290▼ ₹8,925
₹5,661₹6,714₹7,767₹8,820₹9,873Jan 2026Mar 2026May 2026Jul 2026Sep 2026Avg ₹7,328▲ ₹9,290▼ ₹6,050

Records from 2025. The all-years chart shows monthly averages.

Reports in the last 30 days

This market reported on 8 of the last 30 days.

DateModalMinMax
14 Oct₹9,260₹8,750₹9,775
13 Oct₹9,135₹8,500₹9,775
12 Oct₹9,125₹8,500₹9,750
10 Oct₹9,290₹8,755₹9,825
9 Oct₹8,960₹8,250₹9,675
8 Oct₹9,050₹8,500₹9,600
7 Oct₹9,000₹8,250₹9,750
5 Oct₹8,925₹8,255₹9,600

Cotton at other markets

MarketStateModalDate
BhavnagarGujarat₹8,79214 Oct
Mahuva (Station Road)Gujarat₹9,37814 Oct
TalejaGujarat₹9,00014 Oct
AnjarGujarat₹9,60014 Oct
BhesanGujarat₹9,50014 Oct
BodeliuGujarat₹8,65014 Oct
ChansamaGujarat₹8,56014 Oct
ChotilaGujarat₹9,00014 Oct
Dasada PatadiGujarat₹9,65814 Oct
DhandhukaGujarat₹9,50014 Oct
DhariGujarat₹9,75514 Oct
DhorajiGujarat₹9,88014 Oct

Cotton prices at every market in Gujarat · Cotton prices across India · All prices at Palitana

Questions

Cotton at Palitana: questions

What is the cotton price at Palitana?

The latest report is from 14 Oct 2026: ₹9,260 per quintal for the Other variety. Palitana 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: ₹9,260 per quintal is ₹92.60 per kg.

Why does Palitana list several varieties?

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

How often does Palitana report cotton prices?

On 8 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 08:50 IST on 15 Oct 2026.