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Potato Price at Kalna

Agmarknet report for Thursday, 15 October 2026 yesterday · Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal

Modal price · main variety
₹7.00per kg
• no change since 14 Oct

Jyoti (FAQ) · ₹700 per quintal

In short

What the prices show

On 15 Oct, the price was ₹7.00 per kg, the same as on 14 Oct. Over the last 30 days the price moved between ₹7.00 on 7 Oct and ₹7.40 on 1 Oct. A year earlier, on 15 Oct 2025, the price was ₹13.40; it is now 48% lower.

Last week

Potato at Kalna last week

Last week (5 Oct to 11 Oct 2026), the Potato price at Kalna averaged ₹7.07 per kg over 7 report days, down 3.7% from ₹7.34 the week before.

During the week it ranged from ₹7.00 on 7 Oct to ₹7.30 on 5 Oct.

In the same week last year it averaged ₹13.51, so last week was 47.7% lower.

Last week's full market report

Price movement

How the price moved

• no change since 14 Oct• no change since 8 Oct▼ −₹0.40 (5.4%) since 15 Sep▼ −₹6.40 (47.8%) since 15 Oct 2025

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

₹700 per quintal (100 kg). Wholesale market price; shops charge more.

Prices by variety on 15 Oct 2026

VarietyGradeMinMaxModal
JyotiFAQ₹7.00₹7.20₹7.00

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

Price chart (per kg)

₹6.81₹7.33₹7.85₹8.37₹8.891 Aug1 Sep1 OctAvg ₹7.54▲ ₹8.60▼ ₹7.00
₹5.64₹7.98₹10.32₹12.66₹15.00Nov 2025Jan 2026Mar 2026May 2026Jul 2026Sep 2026Avg ₹9.24▲ ₹13.70▼ ₹6.50
₹4.49₹10.97₹17.45₹23.93₹30.4120252026Avg ₹13.48▲ ₹26.82▼ ₹6.88

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

Reports in the last 30 days

This market reported on 29 of the last 30 days.

DateModalMinMax
15 Oct₹7.00₹7.00₹7.20
14 Oct₹7.00₹7.00₹7.20
13 Oct₹7.00₹7.00₹7.20
12 Oct₹7.00₹7.00₹7.20
11 Oct₹7.00₹7.00₹7.20
10 Oct₹7.00₹7.00₹7.20
9 Oct₹7.00₹7.00₹7.20
8 Oct₹7.00₹7.00₹7.20
7 Oct₹7.00₹7.00₹7.20
6 Oct₹7.20₹7.00₹7.20
5 Oct₹7.30₹7.20₹7.30
4 Oct₹7.20₹7.20₹7.30
3 Oct₹7.30₹7.20₹7.30
2 Oct₹7.30₹7.30₹7.40
1 Oct₹7.40₹7.40₹7.50
30 Sep₹7.40₹7.40₹7.50
29 Sep₹7.40₹7.40₹7.50
28 Sep₹7.40₹7.40₹7.50
27 Sep₹7.40₹7.40₹7.50
26 Sep₹7.40₹7.40₹7.50
25 Sep₹7.40₹7.40₹7.50
23 Sep₹7.40₹7.40₹7.50
22 Sep₹7.40₹7.40₹7.50
21 Sep₹7.40₹7.40₹7.50
20 Sep₹7.40₹7.40₹7.50
19 Sep₹7.40₹7.40₹7.50
18 Sep₹7.40₹7.40₹7.50
17 Sep₹7.40₹7.40₹7.50
16 Sep₹7.40₹7.40₹7.50

Potato at other markets

MarketStateModalDate
BurdwanWest Bengal₹7.2015 Oct
GuskaraWest Bengal₹7.0015 Oct
KatwaWest Bengal₹7.2015 Oct
MemariWest Bengal₹7.2015 Oct
AsansolWest Bengal₹7.6015 Oct
BalarampurWest Bengal₹7.6015 Oct
Bankura SadarWest Bengal₹6.0015 Oct
BarasatWest Bengal₹8.0015 Oct
BirbhumWest Bengal₹10.0015 Oct
BolpurWest Bengal₹10.0015 Oct
ChampadangaWest Bengal₹7.0015 Oct
DarjeelingWest Bengal₹14.0015 Oct

Potato prices at every market in West Bengal · Potato prices across India · All prices at Kalna

Questions

Potato at Kalna: questions

What is the potato price at Kalna?

The latest report is from 15 Oct 2026: ₹7.00 per kg for the Jyoti variety. Kalna 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.

Is this the price per kg in shops?

They are wholesale prices at the market, before transport, handling and shop margins, so prices in shops are usually higher. We show the market's per-quintal price (₹700) divided by 100, per kg.

Why does Kalna list several varieties?

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

How often does Kalna report potato prices?

On 29 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.