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Rice Price at Egra/contai

Agmarknet report for Wednesday, 14 October 2026 2 days ago · Medinipur(E), West Bengal

Modal price · main variety
₹3,500per quintal
• no change since 13 Oct

Fine (FAQ) · ₹35.00 per kg

In short

What the prices show

On 14 Oct, the price was ₹3,500 per quintal, the same as on 13 Oct. A year earlier, on 14 Oct 2025, the price was ₹4,700; it is now 26% lower.

Last week

Rice at Egra/contai last week

Last week (5 Oct to 11 Oct 2026), the Rice price at Egra/contai averaged ₹3,500 per quintal over 6 report days, about the same as the week before (₹3,500).

In the same week last year it averaged ₹4,700, so last week was 25.5% lower.

Last week's full market report

Price movement

How the price moved

• no change since 13 Oct• no change since 7 Oct• no change since 14 Sep▼ −₹1,200 (25.5%) since 14 Oct 2025

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

₹35.00 per kg. Wholesale market price; shops charge more.

Prices by variety on 14 Oct 2026

VarietyGradeMinMaxModal
FineFAQ₹3,400₹3,600₹3,500

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

Price chart (per quintal)

₹3,228₹3,423₹3,618₹3,813₹4,0081 Aug1 Sep1 OctAvg ₹3,537▲ ₹3,900▼ ₹3,300
₹3,132₹3,587₹4,042₹4,497₹4,952Nov 2025Jan 2026Mar 2026May 2026Jul 2026Sep 2026Avg ₹3,880▲ ₹4,700▼ ₹3,300
₹3,297₹3,704₹4,111₹4,518₹4,92520252026Avg ₹4,231▲ ₹4,700▼ ₹3,447

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

Reports in the last 30 days

This market reported on 20 of the last 30 days.

DateModalMinMax
14 Oct₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
13 Oct₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
12 Oct₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
10 Oct₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
9 Oct₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
8 Oct₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
7 Oct₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
6 Oct₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
5 Oct₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
4 Oct₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
3 Oct₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
1 Oct₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
30 Sep₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
29 Sep₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
27 Sep₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
24 Sep₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
23 Sep₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
21 Sep₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
19 Sep₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
16 Sep₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600
15 Sep₹3,500₹3,400₹3,600

Rice at other markets

MarketStateModalDate
KolaghatWest Bengal₹3,60015 Oct
Tamluk (Medinipur E)West Bengal₹3,60015 Oct
AsansolWest Bengal₹4,75015 Oct
BalarampurWest Bengal₹3,78015 Oct
Bankura SadarWest Bengal₹3,35015 Oct
Baruipur (Canning)West Bengal₹3,40015 Oct
BaxirhatWest Bengal₹3,90014 Oct
BirbhumWest Bengal₹4,00015 Oct
BolpurWest Bengal₹4,00015 Oct
BurdwanWest Bengal₹3,35015 Oct
ChampadangaWest Bengal₹4,90015 Oct
Diamond Harbour (South 24 - pgs)West Bengal₹3,40014 Oct

Rice prices at every market in West Bengal · Rice prices across India · All prices at Egra/contai

Questions

Rice at Egra/contai: questions

What is the rice price at Egra/contai?

The latest report is from 14 Oct 2026: ₹3,500 per quintal for the Fine variety. Egra/contai 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: ₹3,500 per quintal is ₹35.00 per kg.

Why does Egra/contai list several varieties?

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

How often does Egra/contai report rice prices?

On 20 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.