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Paddy (Dhan) Price at Cheyyar

Agmarknet report for Monday, 12 October 2026 4 days ago · Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

Modal price · main variety
₹3,076per quintal
▼ −₹184 (5.6%) since 9 Oct

Other (Local) · ₹30.77 per kg

This market has not reported a paddy (dhan) price since 12 Oct 2026.

In short

What the prices show

On 12 Oct, the price was ₹3,076 per quintal, down 5.6% from ₹3,260 on 9 Oct. Over the last 30 days the price moved between ₹2,581 on 21 Sep and ₹3,430 on 8 Oct.

Last week

Paddy (Dhan) at Cheyyar last week

Last week (5 Oct to 11 Oct 2026), the Paddy (Dhan) price at Cheyyar averaged ₹3,174 per quintal over 3 report days, up 13.1% from ₹2,806 the week before.

During the week it ranged from ₹2,831 on 5 Oct to ₹3,430 on 8 Oct.

Last week's full market report

Price movement

How the price moved

▼ −₹184 (5.6%) since 9 Oct▲ +₹246 (8.7%) since 5 Oct▲ +₹448 (17.1%) since 11 Sep

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

₹30.77 per kg. Wholesale market price; shops charge more.

Prices by variety on 12 Oct 2026

VarietyGradeMinMaxModal
OtherLocal₹1,928₹4,225₹3,076

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

Price chart (per quintal)

₹2,089₹2,478₹2,867₹3,256₹3,6451 Aug1 Sep1 OctAvg ₹2,667▲ ₹3,430▼ ₹2,233
₹1,571₹2,111₹2,650₹3,189₹3,728Jan 2026Mar 2026May 2026Jul 2026Sep 2026Avg ₹2,203▲ ₹3,430▼ ₹1,770

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
12 Oct₹3,076₹1,928₹4,225
9 Oct₹3,260₹2,200₹4,320
8 Oct₹3,430₹2,820₹4,039
5 Oct₹2,831₹2,050₹3,612
1 Oct₹2,984₹2,250₹3,719
30 Sep₹2,775₹2,010₹3,540
28 Sep₹2,658₹2,060₹3,256
21 Sep₹2,581₹2,141₹3,021
15 Sep₹2,610₹2,010₹3,210

Paddy (Dhan) at other markets

MarketStateModalDate
ChetpetTamil Nadu₹2,59312 Oct
Chetpet RMTamil Nadu₹2,74514 Oct
Cheyyar RMTamil Nadu₹3,44214 Oct
Desur RMTamil Nadu₹4,24013 Oct
Polur (Thiruvannamalai)Tamil Nadu₹2,54212 Oct
Polur RMTamil Nadu₹1,98414 Oct
Vandavasi RMTamil Nadu₹2,46014 Oct
VettavalamTamil Nadu₹2,56012 Oct
Vettavalam RMTamil Nadu₹2,56012 Oct
KilpennathurTamil Nadu₹2,3309 Oct
Kilpennathur RMTamil Nadu₹2,3309 Oct
AmbasamudramTamil Nadu₹1,90012 Oct

Paddy (Dhan) prices at every market in Tamil Nadu · Paddy (Dhan) prices across India · All prices at Cheyyar

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 Cheyyar: questions

What is the paddy (dhan) price at Cheyyar?

The latest report is from 12 Oct 2026: ₹3,076 per quintal for the Other variety. Cheyyar 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: ₹3,076 per quintal is ₹30.77 per kg.

Why does Cheyyar 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 Cheyyar reports most often; the table lists every variety.

How often does Cheyyar report paddy (dhan) 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 01:50 IST on 16 Oct 2026.