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Retail Prices of Commodities in India

2019-01-03

Visualize the changes in retail prices of essential commodities sold in locations across India.

Fun Fact: This visualisation uses 2,527,015 rows of data to compute the results you see below.

Interesting Insights

• The price of potatoes and onions peaks during the October–January period in most locations.
• The price of tomatoes, on an average, peaks every August in most locations.

Usage

Map

1. Plots location where price was measured on a map.
2. Each point is coloured with reference to a scale on the basis of the average price of the selected commodity for that month.
3. Hover over point to view details regarding average price for that month.
4. Use sidebar tools to filter and search for certain commodities or locations.

Continuous Line Chart #1

1. Displays trend of average price per month for a single location.
2. Commodities are differentiated by colour.
3. Use sidebar tools to filter and search for certain commodities or locations.

Continuous Line Chart #2

1. Displays trend of average price per month for a single commodity.
2. Locations are differentiated by colour.
3. Use sidebar tools to filter and search for certain commodities or locations.

Bar Chart #1

1. Displays the average price in a month (averaged across years) for commodities.
2. Use sidebar tools to filter and search for certain commodities or locations.

Table

1. Displays raw data which can be filtered by a range of dates, specific locations, or specific locations.

Notes

1. Prices are in Indian Rupee per kilogram of commodity.
2. Prices have been averaged over month wherever possible. Unfortunately, the granularity of the data is inconsistent across locations. Thus, daily fluctuations may not be visible.

Data Source #1 | Data Source #2