Ginning mills
With cotton on about 84% of the sown land and picking from October to January, the gins deal with growers every day of the season.[4]
- Rate replies to growers who ask
- Unloading slots and weighment slips
- Payment-sent notes
Gujarat · 22.2° N, 71.7° E
WhatsApp Business API for Botad's ginning mills, cotton traders and temple towns
In the district's own figures, cotton covered about 84% of everything sown. From October to January the season runs through the gin and the market, and a grower's question can arrive before the sun is up.
For Botad's ginning mills and cotton traders, its oil mills and the guest houses of Salangpur and Gadhada: how a grower's question and the mill's answers fit WhatsApp's 24-hour window, which messages need a Gujarati template, and the rupee cost.
See it work
A cotton grower's dawn question, and two windows
A grower near Gadhada messages a ginning mill in Botad before dawn, asking the day's rate. Drag the clock across two days to see what the mill can send freely, what restarts the window, and when only a template will do.
The grower's question at hour 20 is what keeps the conversation open: it restarts the clock, so the mill's answer and anything else it needs to say in the next 24 hours go as ordinary replies.
When the payment finally leaves, the window has closed, so the note goes as a short Gujarati utility template with the amount and the date. The 24-hour service window sets out the rule in full.
Rate, load, weighment, payment: 48 hours at the gin
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Time since it opened
57h 36m
ClosedOnly an approved template reaches the grower
Grower asks the day's cotton rate
Mill replies in Gujarati with the rate
Grower says a trailer load is on its way
Mill confirms an unloading slot
Weighment slip sent with the net weight
Grower asks when the payment will come
Mill replies with the payment date
Window closes: templates only from here
Payment-sent note goes as a utility template
0h12h24h36h48hWindow closes57h 36m in: window closed. Only an approved template reaches the grower.
Market brief
Botad in seven lines
From the district administration's website, its 2016-17 statistical profile and IBEF's Gujarat profile.
- 01
Botad district was formed on 15 August 2013 from parts of Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar districts. It covers 2,564 sq km in four talukas, Botad, Gadhada, Barvala and Ranpur, with 190 villages.[1],[2]
- 02
The 2011 census counted about 6.52 lakh people in the district, with literacy at 67.63%.[1]
- 03
Botad lies in Saurashtra, bordering Surendranagar, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Amreli and Ahmedabad; the town is about 92 km from Bhavnagar, 133 km from Ahmedabad and 176 km from Gandhinagar.[2]
- 04
In 2016-17 cotton was sown on 1,65,586 of the district's 1,96,433 sown hectares, about 84%; wheat took 6,850 hectares, sesame 6,439 and groundnut 3,683.[4]
- 05
The district's crop calendar has cotton sown from mid-May to mid-June and picked from October to January.[4]
- 06
The Hanumanji Temple at Salangpur in Barvala taluka and the Swaminarayan Temple at Gadhada are the district's listed places of pilgrimage, with the Bhimnath Mahadev Temple.[3],[1]
- 07
Gujarat makes 65–70% of India's denim and is its largest denim producer, according to IBEF.[5]
Who in Botad uses it first
The cotton chain, the oilseed crushers and the temple towns.
Cotton trading firms
Traders buy the season's cotton from growers and sell it on through the October-to-January picking.[4]
- Rate replies to buyers
- Lot and dispatch notes
- Payment reminders from Busy
Oil mills and oilseed buyers
Sesame and groundnut together covered more than 10,000 hectares in 2016-17.[4]
- Purchase confirmations to growers
- Dispatch notes to buyers
- Invoice reminders
Guest houses, shops and cabs in the temple towns
Salangpur's Hanumanji Temple and Gadhada's Swaminarayan Temple draw pilgrims to the district.[3]
- Room booking confirmations
- Directions and pickup points
- Replies to group enquiries
Gujarati for growers, Hindi and English for everyone else
Meta approves each template once per language. Write the Gujarati version first.
Replies inside the 24-hour window can be in any language your staff write, with no template. InfiQ's own support team works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Gujarati | gu | Growers, traders and most customers in the district |
| Hindi | hi | Pilgrims, visitors and workers from other states |
| English (India) | en_IN | Spinning mills, exporters and banks |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What a cotton season costs a Botad gin in messages
Plans from ₹999 a month, plus each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.19 for a weighment slip or payment note, ₹0.94 for a rate list you send first, ₹0.14 for a passcode and ₹0.145 for each reply.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD
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Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Lite, plus the API, automation and team scale serious senders need.
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Botad · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and USD
| 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. Invoices carry your Gujarat GSTIN, so the GST is claimable as input credit where your business is eligible. A gin's message bill follows the October-to-January picking season.
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What a Botad gin or trader runs on InfiQ
The weighbridge, the accounts desk and the owner on one number.
Shared team inbox
One WhatsApp number answered by a team: 10 users on Lite and 25 on Growth, agent and manager roles, transfers, private notes, labels and canned replies.
The weighbridge clerk, the accounts desk and the owner answer growers on one number, with transfers and private notes, through the busiest weeks.
Learn moreBusy accounting integration
If the firm keeps its books in Busy, payment and dues reminders go out on WhatsApp automatically, with no integration fee.
Consent records and opt-out enforcement
A morning rate list goes only to growers who agreed to it; each opt-in's source and time are recorded and STOP is enforced across the account.
Nearby
Around Botad and central Saurashtra
City pages for the nearest markets, from Bhavnagar to Ahmedabad.
Botad's cotton, oilseed and pilgrims move through these cities; each page looks at its own trades. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Botad teams
Questions Botad businesses ask
- Growers bring cotton to our ginning mill in Botad from October to January. Can each grower get the weighment slip on WhatsApp?
- Yes. If the grower has written to you in the last 24 hours, the slip can go as an ordinary reply at ₹0.145. Otherwise it goes as a Gujarati utility template with the net weight and the rate, at ₹0.19 per delivered message, to growers who agreed to WhatsApp updates.
- Farmers around Gadhada ask our mill for the day's cotton rate before dawn. Can we send the rate to all of them every morning?
- Only to growers who agreed to receive it, because a rate list you send unasked is a marketing template at ₹0.94. A grower who writes asking for the rate gets your answer as a service reply at ₹0.145. A mill can do both: the list for those who opted in, replies for the rest.
- Pilgrims message our guest house near the Salangpur Hanumanji temple. Can they get booking confirmations in Gujarati and Hindi?
- Yes. Gujarati (gu) and Hindi (hi) are both on Meta's template list, each approved separately. A booking confirmation is a utility template at ₹0.19; replies to pilgrims' questions inside the 24-hour window can be in any language.
- Our oil mill buys sesame from farms in Barvala and Ranpur and sells to buyers in Ahmedabad. Which template language suits the dispatch notes?
- Gujarati for buyers in Ahmedabad and across the state, English (India) for buyers outside it. A dispatch note with the invoice and vehicle number is a utility template at ₹0.19, and each language version is approved by Meta separately.
- Pilgrims order from our shop near the Gadhada Swaminarayan temple in Botad district. Can we send each order-ready note on WhatsApp?
- Yes, to pilgrims who asked for updates on their order. An order-ready note is a utility template at ₹0.19; replies to a pilgrim's own questions within 24 hours are service messages at ₹0.145. A festival offer is marketing and goes only to those who agreed to offers.
- Our cotton trading firm in Ranpur keeps its books in Busy. Can unpaid bills be chased on WhatsApp without retyping them?
- Yes. InfiQ's Busy integration sends payment reminders on WhatsApp automatically from your Busy data, with no integration fee. Each reminder is a utility template at ₹0.19, sent to customers who agreed to WhatsApp messages.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]Botad district: official website · District Administration, Botad · read 2026-10-20
- [2]About district · District Administration, Botad · read 2026-10-20
- [3]Tourism · District Administration, Botad · read 2026-10-20
- [4]District Statistical Profile 2016-17 (in Gujarati) · Statistics Branch, District Panchayat Botad · read 2026-10-20
- [5]Gujarat: state profile (updated July 2026) · India Brand Equity Foundation · read 2026-10-20
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