Dataset Overview

This Dataset contains state-wise daily wholesale and retail price of essential commodity Potato

HFI

Organisation

Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution

Sectors

Food,

Agriculture and Allied

Update Frequency

Daily

Granularity

Daily, State

Time Saved

4 hours

Number of Rows

236949

Number of Columns

Sources

Department of Consumer Affairs

Time Period

2014 to 2025

Units

price in rupees per quintal

price in rupees per kilogram

Last Updated

January, 2026

Data Preview

date	state	market	commodity	price	unit
10-01-2026	Jharkhand	Retail	Potato	19.5	price in rupees per kilogram
10-01-2026	West Bengal	Wholesale	Potato	1258.46	price in rupees per quintal
10-01-2026	Meghalaya	Retail	Potato	24.33	price in rupees per kilogram
10-01-2026	Mizoram	Retail	Potato	44	price in rupees per kilogram
10-01-2026	Nagaland	Retail	Potato	28	price in rupees per kilogram
10-01-2026	Odisha	Retail	Potato	17.44	price in rupees per kilogram
10-01-2026	Punjab	Retail	Potato	16.4	price in rupees per kilogram
10-01-2026	Rajasthan	Retail	Potato	34	price in rupees per kilogram
10-01-2026	Sikkim	Retail	Potato	30	price in rupees per kilogram
10-01-2026	Tamil Nadu	Retail	Potato	38.84	price in rupees per kilogram

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
date	4173	4173	Date	236949
state	35	35	String	236949
market	2	2	String	236949
commodity	1	1	String	236949
price	20736	20736	Float64	235855
unit	2	2	String	236949
note	1	1	String	0

Citation

Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution. Essential Commodity: State-wise Daily Wholesale and Retail Price of Potato [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/19940

Essential Commodity: State-wise Daily Wholesale and Retail Price of Potato