Maharashtra · 20.7° N, 76.6° E
WhatsApp Business API for Khamgaon's cotton factories, silver shops and seed dealers
Khamgaon has traded cotton since about 1820 and is Buldhana district's largest city. Its growers still wait at the weighbridge for a slip, and the slip can now reach their phone before the tractor has left the gate.
For Khamgaon's ginning and pressing factories and cotton traders, the silver and gold jewellers of its market, the seed dealers, and the cabs and lodges on the road to Shegaon: how a weighbridge slip travels from your software to a grower's phone, and what each message costs in rupees.
See it work
A Khamgaon weighbridge slip, from the software to the grower's phone
A grower unloads cotton at a ginning factory. Follow the slip as it leaves the factory's billing software, goes out as an approved template, and comes back as a question the office can answer.
The factory writes the slip template once, with spaces for the lot, the weight, the rate and the amount, and Meta approves it. After that the billing software fills the spaces for every load, and nobody types a grower's number by hand.
When the grower writes back, the question lands in the office's shared inbox, and the answer is a reply. The same API sends the bale dispatch note to the mill that bought the lint.
Slip, template, delivery, reply
- Grower to Weighbridge and billing: cotton weighed
- Weighbridge and billing to InfiQ API: slip printed
- InfiQ API to WhatsApp: template sent
- WhatsApp to Grower's phone: delivered
- Grower's phone to Office inbox: "When is payment?"
- Office inbox to Grower's phone: reply in the window
- InfiQ API to Mill buyer: bales dispatched
Hop 6 of 6
Office inboxGrower's phonereply in the window
Arrives at Grower's phone — slip and amount, before he leaves.
Hop 6 of 6: Office inbox to Grower's phone — reply in the window.
Khamgaon in eight lines
From the Buldhana district administration's pages, Invest India's ODOP list and, for the town's history, Wikipedia.
Buldhana district lies in the Amravati division on the western border of Vidarbha, about 500 km from Mumbai, with 13 talukas and 6 sub-divisions; it calls Khamgaon its largest city.[1]
The district borders Madhya Pradesh to the north, Akola, Washim and Amravati to the east, Jalna to the south and Jalgaon and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar to the west.[1]
The Dnyanganga wildlife sanctuary lies on the Buldhana–Khamgaon State Road.[2]
At Shegaon, the Shri Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan built Anand Sagar, an artificial lake fed with water lifted from the Man river 9 km away, with a meditation centre, a hanging bridge and a mini train.[2]
Shegaon lies about 17 km north-east of Khamgaon.[4]
Khamgaon's trade in ghee, raw thread and cotton is dated to about 1820; under British rule it became a major cotton hub, and the town is also known for its silver market.[4]
The Mothi Devi Utsav, an 11-day festival to Goddess Jagdamba, begins on Sharada Purnima, and an MIDC industrial estate serves the town's factories.[4]
Invest India's One District One Product list names cotton-related products for Buldhana, with seeds for planting second.[3]
Why Khamgaon starts with the slip
In a town that has traded cotton since about 1820, the first WhatsApp message worth automating is the slip, not the sales pitch.
A cotton factory's messages are mostly records: what was weighed, at what rate, when the money will come. Those are utility messages, priced below marketing, and they are the easiest to send straight from software a factory already runs.
The silver market works the other way. A customer who asks a jeweller for photos of anklets has opened the conversation, and the photos are replies. The morning silver rate sent unasked is a different thing: an offer, and only for customers who said yes to it.
Industries
Who in Khamgaon connects first
Four businesses that follow from the town's cotton, its silver market, the district's seed trade and the road to Shegaon.
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Silver and gold jewellers
Khamgaon is known for its silver market, and families order anklets, utensils and gifts for weddings and festivals.[4]
On WhatsApp: Design photos in reply · Order-ready note · Rate updates to opted-in customers
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Seed dealers
Seeds for planting are Buldhana's second ODOP product, and dealers in the taluka sell to growers before each sowing.[3]
On WhatsApp: Stock answers to farmers who ask · Invoice and credit reminder · Arrival notes to opted-in farmers
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Marathi for growers, Hindi across the northern border
Buldhana borders Madhya Pradesh to the north, and many buyers and visitors read Hindi. Marathi, Hindi and English are Meta template languages, each approved separately.
Replies inside the 24-hour window can be in whatever language the customer writes. InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Marathi | mr | Growers, jewellers' customers and most of the taluka |
| Hindi | hi | Mill buyers and visitors from Madhya Pradesh and the north |
| English (India) | en_IN | Invoices and corporate mill buyers |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What a ginning season costs a Khamgaon factory
A plan from ₹999 a month, with the developer API included on Growth at ₹2,999, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.19 for a slip or payment advice, ₹0.145 for a reply to a grower, ₹0.94 for an offer to opted-in customers 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 Khamgaon · 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. A grower or a mill on an Indian number costs the India rate. Invoices carry your Maharashtra GSTIN.
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What a Khamgaon business runs on InfiQ
Matched to the slip's journey above.
- Developer API and webhooks
The weighbridge or billing software calls the API for each load, with idempotency keys so a slip printed twice is sent once.
- Busy accounting integration
A jeweller or seed dealer who keeps accounts in Busy can send invoices and payment reminders on WhatsApp through the native integration.
- Shared team inbox
Growers' questions about payment land in one inbox that accounts and the gate office share, with notes on each lot.
- Consent records and opt-out enforcement
Silver rates and seed-arrival notes go only to customers whose yes is recorded with its date and source, and STOP replies are enforced.
Nearby
City pages around Khamgaon
Neighbouring markets in Vidarbha, Khandesh and Marathwada, on the map.
Khamgaon's growers, buyers and pilgrims move between several of these cities; each page looks at its own trades. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Khamgaon teams
Questions Khamgaon businesses ask
Our ginning factory in Khamgaon wants to send each grower the weight, rate and amount straight after unloading. Is that a utility template?+
Customers ask our Khamgaon silver shop for photos of anklets before a wedding. Do those photos need a template?+
Can our Khamgaon jeweller send the morning silver rate to every customer on our list?+
Pilgrims going to the Gajanan Maharaj temple at Shegaon book our Khamgaon cabs. What does the pickup note cost?+
Our seed shop in Khamgaon taluka wants to tell farmers that kharif seed has arrived. Who can we send that to?+
Visitors fill our Khamgaon lodge during the Mothi Devi Utsav. Can several staff answer the same WhatsApp number?+
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]Buldhana district: official website · District Administration, Buldhana · read 2026-10-21
- [2]Places of interest · District Administration, Buldhana · read 2026-10-21
- [3]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-21
- [4]Khamgaon (history and institutions) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-21
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