Punjab · Updated 2026-10-20
Kinnow orchards on one side of the city, black buck in Bishnoi fields on the other: Abohar's business starts with a message.
Abohar was a pargana in the Ain-i-Akbari and a cotton-trade town under the British. Today it sits in the kinnow district, beside an open sanctuary where black buck walk through Bishnoi farmland.
For Abohar's kinnow commission agents, waxing and grading units, grain and cotton traders, and the cars and guides who take visitors to the black buck sanctuary: what to set up before a kinnow season runs on WhatsApp, which templates to write in Punjabi or Hindi, and what each message costs in rupees.
From the Fazilka district administration's sanctuary page, Invest India's ODOP list, IBEF's Punjab profile, and Wikipedia for the town's general history.
Abohar is a city with its own municipal corporation in Fazilka district, on the road that links Punjab with Rajasthan.[4]
The Ain-i-Akbari lists Abohar as a pargana of the Sarkar of Sirhind in the Subah of Delhi, and Firoz Shah Tughluq's mother, Bibi Naila, came from the town.[4]
Under the British it was a centre of horse breeding and the cotton trade, with business ties to Karachi.[4]
Invest India's One District One Product list gives Fazilka district kinnow as its primary product and basmati rice as its second; IBEF counts kinnow among Punjab's top three fruits by production in 2024-25.[2],[3]
The Abohar Wildlife Sanctuary is an open sanctuary of about 18,650 hectares made up of the farmlands of 13 Bishnoi villages, where black buck numbers are reported to be rising beyond 4,000.[1]
The Bishnoi community holds the black buck sacred and has protected it from poaching; nilgai, wild boar, porcupines, hare and jackal share the fields.[1]
Abohar station is on the Sri Ganganagar–New Delhi line, Bathinda junction is about 75 km away, and the Abohar bus stand is about 15 km from the sanctuary.[1]
See it work
A commission agent or grading unit in Abohar can tick these off before the first picking. The ones marked required have to be in place before the first template goes out.
Most of the checklist is a week's work, not a season's. The templates take longest, because Meta reviews each language version, so draft the Punjabi and Hindi dispatch notices before the orchards are ready.
Replies to buyers who write first need none of this beyond the number itself; the 24-hour service window explains why.
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Three kinds of business in and around the city, and the messages that fit each.
Kinnow is Fazilka district's primary ODOP product and one of Punjab's top fruits by production, and Abohar's agents and units handle it from orchard to truck.[2],[3]
Basmati is the district's second ODOP product, and cotton has been traded in Abohar since British times.[2],[4]
The open black buck sanctuary across 13 Bishnoi villages draws visitors to Abohar station; Bathinda junction is about 75 km away.[1]
Punjabi, Hindi and English are Meta template languages, each version approved separately. Bagri, also spoken in the city, is not, so it stays in replies.
Inside the 24-hour window your staff can reply in Bagri, Punjabi, Hindi or any language they write. InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Punjabi | pa | Growers, agents and most customers in the city |
| Hindi | hi | Kinnow buyers in other states and customers from the Rajasthan side |
| English (India) | en_IN | Buyers' offices, exporters and sanctuary visitors from cities |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
A plan from ₹999 a month, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for a reply with photos or rates, ₹0.19 for a dispatch notice or payment reminder, ₹0.94 for a first-picking offer and ₹0.14 for a passcode.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Abohar · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $0.0572₹5.4352 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $0.0578₹5.4970 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $0.0822₹7.8162 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $0.0116₹1.0993 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $0.0596₹5.6629 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 |
| France | $0.0795₹7.5588 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $0.126₹12.0088 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 |
| India | $0.0099₹0.9435 | $0.0020₹0.1941 | $0.0015₹0.1402 | $0.0015₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $0.0380₹3.6133 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $0.0327₹3.1045 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $0.0735₹6.9847 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $0.0733₹6.9671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $0.0796₹7.5644 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $0.0367₹3.4877 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $0.0383₹3.6425 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $0.148₹14.0494 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $0.0478₹4.5421 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $0.0438₹4.1620 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $0.0651₹6.1843 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $0.0338₹3.2105 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $0.0742₹7.0520 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $0.0351₹3.3385 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $0.0654₹6.2161 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $0.0101₹0.9587 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0587₹5.5795 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 |
| North America | $0.0231₹2.1976 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $0.0208₹1.9796 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $0.0779₹7.4057 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $0.0684₹6.5048 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $0.0363₹3.4490 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $0.0548₹5.2054 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 |
| Other | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. These are the rates behind the checklist's templates. Invoices are in rupees with your Punjab GSTIN.
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InfiQ guides Meta business verification, number registration and display-name approval, the first required item on the list.
An agent whose buyers already know the number can keep the WhatsApp Business app on it while the API runs alongside, within Meta's limits.
Draft the dispatch and reminder templates in Punjabi and Hindi from the library and track each version through Meta's approval.
First-picking offers go only to buyers who opted in, with the source and time of each opt-in kept and STOP replies enforced.
Nearby
City pages for the nearest markets, nearest first.
Fazilka, the district headquarters, has its own page about its kinnow, basmati and border trade; this one stays with Abohar. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Question: Kinnow buyers from other states phone our Abohar commission agency, then ask for photos of the fruit on WhatsApp. Are those photos template messages?
Answer: No. Once the buyer has written to you, the photos, crate counts and rates you send for the next 24 hours are ordinary replies at ₹0.145 each, and every new message from the buyer restarts the window. Only a message you send first, or days later, needs an approved template.
Question: Our waxing and grading unit in Abohar wants to tell last season's buyers when the first picking is ready. What kind of message is that?
Answer: A first-picking notice promotes your fruit, so it is a marketing template at ₹0.94 per delivered message, sent only to buyers who agreed to receive offers. A notice about a load a buyer has already ordered is utility at ₹0.19.
Question: Visitors to the black buck sanctuary in the Bishnoi villages near Abohar book our car from the bus stand. How do we confirm the booking?
Answer: Send a utility template at ₹0.19 with the pickup time, the car number and the driver's name. If the visitor is still chatting with you when you confirm, the confirmation is an ordinary reply at ₹0.145, with no template needed.
Question: Some of our customers in Abohar write to us in Bagri. Can our WhatsApp templates be written in Bagri?
Answer: No. Bagri is not on Meta's list of template languages, so write templates in Punjabi (pa) or Hindi (hi). Inside the 24-hour window your staff can reply in Bagri, because replies are not templates and need no approval.
Question: Buyers come by train to Abohar station on the Sri Ganganagar–New Delhi line to inspect our orchards. Can we send them pickup details automatically?
Answer: Yes. A pickup notice for a visit the buyer has arranged is a utility template at ₹0.19. Your visit sheet can trigger it through InfiQ's developer API, included on Growth and an add-on on Lite, or staff can send it from the shared inbox.
Question: Our Abohar firm sells both kinnow and basmati to the same traders. Can different staff handle each crop on one WhatsApp number?
Answer: Yes. The shared team inbox gives 10 users on Lite and 25 on Growth, with labels and transfers, so a trader's kinnow question goes to the fruit desk and a basmati one to the grain desk, on the same number and the same conversation.
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
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