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Wheat Price at Asansol

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

Modal price · main variety
₹2,735per quintal
▲ +₹10 (0.4%) since 14 Oct

Kalyan (FAQ) · ₹27.35 per kg

In short

What the prices show

On 15 Oct, the price was ₹2,735 per quintal, the same as on 14 Oct. Over the last 30 days the price moved between ₹2,650 on 3 Oct and ₹2,765 on 11 Oct. A year earlier, on 15 Oct 2025, the price was ₹2,850; it is now 4% lower.

Last week

Wheat at Asansol last week

Last week (5 Oct to 11 Oct 2026), the Wheat price at Asansol averaged ₹2,752 per quintal over 6 report days, up 1.4% from ₹2,715 the week before.

During the week it ranged from ₹2,700 on 7 Oct to ₹2,765 on 11 Oct.

In the same week last year it averaged ₹2,867, so last week was 4.0% lower.

Last week's full market report

Price movement

How the price moved

▲ +₹10 (0.4%) since 14 Oct▼ −₹30 (1.1%) since 8 Oct▼ −₹15 (0.5%) since 15 Sep▼ −₹115 (4.0%) since 15 Oct 2025

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

₹27.35 per kg. Wholesale market price; shops charge more.

Prices by variety on 15 Oct 2026

VarietyGradeMinMaxModal
KalyanFAQ₹2,600₹2,850₹2,735

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

Price chart (per quintal)

₹2,468₹2,554₹2,640₹2,727₹2,8131 Aug1 Sep1 OctAvg ₹2,704▲ ₹2,765▼ ₹2,500
₹2,455₹2,577₹2,699₹2,821₹2,942Nov 2025Jan 2026Mar 2026May 2026Jul 2026Sep 2026Avg ₹2,690▲ ₹2,875▼ ₹2,500
₹2,514₹2,619₹2,725₹2,830₹2,93620252026Avg ₹2,710▲ ₹2,878▼ ₹2,553

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

Reports in the last 30 days

This market reported on 25 of the last 30 days.

DateModalMinMax
15 Oct₹2,735₹2,600₹2,850
14 Oct₹2,725₹2,600₹2,850
13 Oct₹2,750₹2,600₹2,865
12 Oct₹2,750₹2,600₹2,865
11 Oct₹2,765₹2,600₹2,850
10 Oct₹2,750₹2,600₹2,850
9 Oct₹2,765₹2,600₹2,850
8 Oct₹2,765₹2,600₹2,850
7 Oct₹2,700₹2,600₹2,850
5 Oct₹2,765₹2,600₹2,850
4 Oct₹2,700₹2,600₹2,850
3 Oct₹2,650₹2,600₹2,850
2 Oct₹2,725₹2,600₹2,850
1 Oct₹2,765₹2,600₹2,850
30 Sep₹2,750₹2,600₹2,850
28 Sep₹2,700₹2,600₹2,850
26 Sep₹2,765₹2,600₹2,865
25 Sep₹2,765₹2,600₹2,850
24 Sep₹2,700₹2,600₹2,850
23 Sep₹2,765₹2,600₹2,850
22 Sep₹2,765₹2,600₹2,850
21 Sep₹2,765₹2,600₹2,850
19 Sep₹2,700₹2,650₹2,825
18 Sep₹2,750₹2,600₹2,850
17 Sep₹2,765₹2,600₹2,850

Wheat at other markets

MarketStateModalDate
DurgapurWest Bengal₹2,72515 Oct
BeldangaWest Bengal₹2,75012 Oct
JangipurWest Bengal₹2,65014 Oct
JiaganjWest Bengal₹2,75013 Oct
KandiWest Bengal₹2,75014 Oct
KarimpurWest Bengal₹2,70013 Oct
KasimbazarWest Bengal₹2,75014 Oct
RampurhatWest Bengal₹2,60013 Oct

Wheat prices at every market in West Bengal · Wheat prices across India · All prices at Asansol

Guide

What moves these prices

When wheat is harvested and bought at the minimum support price, how flour mills and government open market sales affect prices, how varieties like Sharbati differ, and the latest wheat prices across markets.

Read the guide: Wheat prices in India: harvest, procurement and what moves prices

Questions

Wheat at Asansol: questions

What is the wheat price at Asansol?

The latest report is from 15 Oct 2026: ₹2,735 per quintal for the Kalyan variety. Asansol 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: ₹2,735 per quintal is ₹27.35 per kg.

Why does Asansol list several varieties?

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

How often does Asansol report wheat prices?

On 25 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.