BENGALURU (Reuters) - Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, India's largest private port operator, posted a 76% rise in its fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by a jump in cargo volumes.

The company, part of billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate, said its consolidated net profit rose to 20.40 billion rupees ($244.6 million) in the quarter ended March 31, from 11.58 billion rupees a year earlier. ($1 = 83.3970 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Anisha Ajith in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)