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Paddy (Dhan) Price at Balod Mandi

Agmarknet report for Wednesday, 14 October 2026 2 days ago · Balod, Chhattisgarh

Modal price · main variety
₹2,200per quintal
▲ +₹170 (8.4%) since 12 Oct

I.R. 64 (Non-FAQ) · ₹22.00 per kg

In short

What the prices show

On 14 Oct, the price was ₹2,200 per quintal, up 8.4% from ₹2,030 on 12 Oct. Over the last 30 days the price moved between ₹2,030 on 8 Oct and ₹2,750 on 15 Sep.

Last week

Paddy (Dhan) at Balod last week

Last week (5 Oct to 11 Oct 2026), the Paddy (Dhan) price at Balod averaged ₹2,065 per quintal over 2 report days, down 4.7% from ₹2,167 the week before.

Last week's full market report

Price movement

How the price moved

▲ +₹170 (8.4%) since 12 Oct▲ +₹100 (4.8%) since 6 Oct▲ +₹100 (4.8%) since 11 Sep

Modal price of the main variety: I.R. 64 (Non-FAQ). Changes and the chart follow this variety, so they compare like with like.

₹22.00 per kg. Wholesale market price; shops charge more.

Prices by variety on 14 Oct 2026

VarietyGradeMinMaxModal
I.R. 64Non-FAQ₹2,170₹2,300₹2,200

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

Price chart (per quintal)

₹1,731₹2,027₹2,322₹2,618₹2,9141 Aug1 Sep1 OctAvg ₹2,122▲ ₹2,750▼ ₹1,840
₹1,574₹1,915₹2,256₹2,598₹2,939Jan 2026Mar 2026May 2026Jul 2026Sep 2026Avg ₹1,970▲ ₹2,750▼ ₹1,700

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

Reports in the last 30 days

This market reported on 15 of the last 30 days.

DateModalMinMax
14 Oct₹2,200₹2,170₹2,300
12 Oct₹2,030₹2,010₹2,050
8 Oct₹2,030₹2,020₹2,050
6 Oct₹2,100₹2,020₹2,150
3 Oct₹2,200₹2,140₹2,230
30 Sep₹2,100₹2,050₹2,130
28 Sep₹2,200₹1,950₹2,300
26 Sep₹2,100₹2,020₹2,150
24 Sep₹2,400₹2,364₹2,412
22 Sep₹2,280₹2,150₹2,300
21 Sep₹2,265₹2,200₹2,310
19 Sep₹2,270₹2,250₹2,300
18 Sep₹2,320₹2,200₹2,360
17 Sep₹2,270₹2,200₹2,320
16 Sep₹2,220₹2,005₹2,362
15 Sep₹2,750₹2,326₹3,100

Paddy (Dhan) at other markets

MarketStateModalDate
GururChhattisgarh₹2,20014 Oct
DondiChhattisgarh₹2,01012 Oct
DondiloharaChhattisgarh₹1,9509 Oct
AbhanpurChhattisgarh₹2,34015 Oct
AkaltaraChhattisgarh₹1,90014 Oct
AmbikapurChhattisgarh₹2,37115 Oct
BaikunthpurChhattisgarh₹1,80015 Oct
BaramkelaChhattisgarh₹2,00015 Oct
BasanaChhattisgarh₹2,04015 Oct
BastarChhattisgarh₹2,01015 Oct
BilhaChhattisgarh₹2,50014 Oct
CharamaChhattisgarh₹2,02015 Oct

Paddy (Dhan) prices at every market in Chhattisgarh · Paddy (Dhan) prices across India · All prices at Balod

Guide

What moves these prices

How the two paddy crops a year and government buying at the minimum support price work, why fine varieties like BPT 5204 sell higher than common paddy, what moves prices, and the latest paddy prices across markets.

Read the guide: Paddy prices in Telangana and AP: MSP, fine and common varieties

Questions

Paddy (Dhan) at Balod: questions

What is the paddy (dhan) price at Balod?

The latest report is from 14 Oct 2026: ₹2,200 per quintal for the I.R. 64 variety. Balod 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: ₹2,200 per quintal is ₹22.00 per kg.

Why does Balod list several varieties?

Markets report prices by variety and grade. So that changes compare like with like, the changes and charts here follow I.R. 64, the variety Balod reports most often; the table lists every variety.

How often does Balod report paddy (dhan) prices?

On 15 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.