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Cotton (Kapas) Price at Pilibanga Mandi

Agmarknet report for Monday, 12 October 2026 4 days ago · Hanumangarh, Rajasthan

Modal price · main variety
₹8,901per quintal
▲ +₹201 (2.3%) since 10 Oct

Narma BT Cotton (FAQ) · ₹89.01 per kg

This market has not reported a cotton price since 12 Oct 2026.

In short

What the prices show

On 12 Oct, the price was ₹8,901 per quintal, up 2.3% from ₹8,700 on 10 Oct. Over the last 30 days the price moved between ₹8,300 on 5 Oct and ₹8,901 on 12 Oct. That is the highest price in our records, which start in 2025.

Last week

Cotton at Pilibanga last week

Last week (5 Oct to 11 Oct 2026), the Cotton price at Pilibanga averaged ₹8,558 per quintal over 5 report days, up 1.2% from ₹8,456 the week before.

During the week it ranged from ₹8,300 on 5 Oct to ₹8,700 on 10 Oct.

Last week's full market report

Price movement

How the price moved

▲ +₹201 (2.3%) since 10 Oct▲ +₹601 (7.2%) since 5 Oct

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

₹89.01 per kg. Wholesale market price; shops charge more.

Prices by variety on 12 Oct 2026

VarietyGradeMinMaxModal
Narma BT CottonFAQ₹8,600₹8,925₹8,901
DesiFAQ₹8,100₹8,120₹8,115

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

Price chart (per quintal)

₹8,228₹8,423₹8,619₹8,814₹9,00925 Sep2 Oct9 OctAvg ₹8,639▲ ₹8,901▼ ₹8,300
₹6,044₹6,873₹7,702₹8,531₹9,360Jan 2026Mar 2026May 2026Jul 2026Sep 2026Avg ₹7,595▲ ₹8,901▼ ₹6,350

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

Reports in the last 30 days

This market reported on 14 of the last 30 days.

DateModalMinMax
12 Oct₹8,901₹8,600₹8,925
10 Oct₹8,700₹8,574₹8,810
9 Oct₹8,651₹8,320₹8,660
8 Oct₹8,590₹8,150₹8,597
7 Oct₹8,550₹8,300₹8,588
5 Oct₹8,300₹8,100₹8,386
1 Oct₹8,421₹8,200₹8,550
30 Sep₹8,400₹8,300₹8,451
29 Sep₹8,547₹8,400₹8,570
25 Sep₹8,800₹8,451₹8,855
24 Sep₹8,800₹8,700₹8,901
22 Sep₹8,780₹8,700₹8,805
21 Sep₹8,700₹8,691₹8,850
18 Sep₹8,811₹8,611₹8,821

Cotton at other markets

MarketStateModalDate
DablirathanRajasthan₹8,69913 Oct
GoluwalaRajasthan₹9,02514 Oct
HanumangarhRajasthan₹8,82513 Oct
HanumangarhTownRajasthan₹8,94013 Oct
RawatsarRajasthan₹9,00013 Oct
SangriyaRajasthan₹8,86813 Oct
AlwarRajasthan₹8,83013 Oct
AnupgarhRajasthan₹8,89013 Oct
BarodamevRajasthan₹8,75013 Oct
BehrorRajasthan₹8,40012 Oct
BijaynagarRajasthan₹8,50015 Oct
BilaraRajasthan₹9,20013 Oct

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

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 Pilibanga: questions

What is the cotton price at Pilibanga?

The latest report is from 12 Oct 2026: ₹8,901 per quintal for the Narma BT Cotton variety. Pilibanga 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: ₹8,901 per quintal is ₹89.01 per kg.

Why does Pilibanga list several varieties?

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

How often does Pilibanga 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.