Why is Sargodha called the kinnow capital of Pakistan?
Sargodha and its belt — Bhalwal, Kot Momin, Sahiwal (Sargodha) and Phalia — grow the bulk of Pakistan's kinnow, the country's biggest citrus export. Every winter, thousands of orchards send fruit to Sargodha's mandis and grading factories, and a large share is exported to the Gulf, Russia, Central Asia and the Far East. With grade A/B/C prices that can differ two to three times, accurate hisaab is the difference between profit and loss for a kinnow adhati — and that is precisely where Pakka Khata fits.
How does the Sargodha kinnow season (December–February) work?
The kinnow season peaks from December to February. Fruit comes off the orchard, is graded into A, B and C, packed into wooden peti or mesh jaali bags, and either sold fresh in the mandi by boli (auction) or sent to factories for waxing, grading and export. During these three months a single Sargodha adhati can handle hundreds of lots a day. On paper, tracking each grower's grade-wise count, peti deposits, kaat and rate is chaos. Pakka Khata records every lot — grower, garden, grade, peti type, weight and rate — the moment it arrives.
How does Pakka Khata handle kinnow grading and peti tracking?
Set a separate rate for grade A, B and C kinnow once, and Pakka Khata splits each lot by grade and totals it automatically — no hand-counting at day's end. Every peti and jaali bag is tracked by type, size and owner, so crate deposits, returns and breakage with growers, factories and transporters never turn into a dispute. Add kaat (deductions), tulai (weighing) and mandi charges, and the parchi prints clean. The grower sees exactly how much A-grade, B-grade and C-grade fruit they sent and what they earned.
Can Pakka Khata manage cold storage and kinnow export records?
Yes. Sargodha's kinnow trade runs on cold storage and export grading. Pakka Khata tracks fruit held in storage — quantity, lot, entry and exit dates, and storage charges — so you always know what is stored, for whom and for how long. For export, it generates grade-wise lot summaries and packing lists that exporters and grading factories need for shipments to the Gulf, Russia and the Far East. Your full chain — orchard to peti to cold store to export — stays in one ledger instead of four separate notebooks.
Why do Sargodha kinnow adhatis switch from paper register to Pakka Khata?
In peak season a paper register cannot keep up: grade counts get mixed, peti totals go missing, mahandi (advances paid to growers) is forgotten, and weighing disputes eat the whole afternoon. Pakka Khata gives an exact A/B/C calculation per lot, a digital peti register with zero confusion, a clean grower and factory ledger with outstanding balances, and one-click WhatsApp parchi and rate alerts. Growers and buyers are informed in real time, collection gets faster, and the Sargodha adhati closes the day in minutes instead of hours.
Getting started in Sargodha — and where to go next
Register free, set your kinnow grade rates and arhat percentage, and start logging lots in under five minutes — no credit card needed. To go deeper, see our Fruit Mandi Software overview, the glossary entries for fruit mandi, adhat (commission), kaat (deductions) and cold storage, the Adhati solution page, and the wider Sargodha Mandi Software page covering grain alongside citrus. Pakka Khata works offline and in Urdu, English and Roman Urdu, so your whole mandi team can use it from day one.