Roha

Town in Maharashtra, India
title: "Roha" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-raigad-district"] description: "Town in Maharashtra, India" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roha" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Town in Maharashtra, India ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Roha |
| settlement_type | town |
| image_skyline | Roha today.jpg |
| pushpin_map | India Maharashtra |
| pushpin_label_position | right |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Maharashtra, India |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | RohaIndia |
| subdivision_type1 | State |
| subdivision_name1 | Maharashtra |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Raigad |
| established_title | |
| governing_body | Municipal Council |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| population_total | 27,849 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| demographics_type1 | Language |
| demographics1_title1 | Official |
| demographics1_info1 | Marathi |
| timezone1 | IST |
| utc_offset1 | +5:30 |
| postal_code_type | PIN |
| postal_code | 402 109 , 402116 (MIDC) |
| area_code_type | Telephone code |
| area_code | 02194 |
| registration_plate | MH-06 |
| blank1_name_sec1 | Nearest city |
| blank2_name_sec1 | Lok Sabha constituency |
| blank2_info_sec1 | Raigad |
| blank3_name_sec1 | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| blank3_info_sec1 | Shrivardhan |
| blank1_name_sec2 | Climate |
| blank1_info_sec2 | Moderate (Köppen) |
| :: |
| name = Roha | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = town | image_skyline = Roha today.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = India Maharashtra | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = RohaIndia | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Maharashtra | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Raigad | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = Municipal Council | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 27,849 | population_as_of = | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Language | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Marathi | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 402 109 , 402116 (MIDC) | area_code_type = Telephone code | area_code = 02194 | registration_plate = MH-06 | blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city | blank1_info_sec1 = | blank2_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency | blank2_info_sec1 = Raigad | blank3_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency | blank3_info_sec1 = Shrivardhan | blank1_name_sec2 = Climate | blank1_info_sec2 = Moderate (Köppen) | website = | footnotes = ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Roha_in_70's.jpg" caption="Roha in the 1970s"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Konkan_Railway_516.JPG" caption="[[Roha railway station"] ::
Roha () is a town and subdistrict/upazila/tehsil in the Raigad district of Maharashtra state in India, 120 km southeast of Mumbai, between the banks of the Kundalika River and the hills of Kalasgiri. It has a population of over 20,849. Roha is connected to Mumbai by Panvel-Roha railway line. Roha is off of the Mumbai Goa Highway, via the Kolad road.
Notable people
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C. D. Deshmukh, politician who spent his childhood in Roha.
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Pandurang Vaijnath Shastri Athavale religious leader, born in Roha.
Climate
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw).
|metric first=yes |single line=yes |location=Roha |temperature colour=pastel |Jan high C=29.1 |Feb high C=29.6 |Mar high C=31.2 |Apr high C=32.5 |May high C=33.1 |Jun high C=31.4 |Jul high C=29.4 |Aug high C=29 |Sep high C=29.7 |Oct high C=31.6 |Nov high C=31.7 |Dec high C=30.4
|Jan mean C=23.8 |Feb mean C=24.3 |Mar mean C=26.5 |Apr mean C=28.6 |May mean C=29.8 |Jun mean C=28.6 |Jul mean C=27.2 |Aug mean C=26.8 |Sep mean C=27 |Oct mean C=27.7 |Nov mean C=26.5 |Dec mean C=24.9
|Jan low C=18.6 |Feb low C=19.1 |Mar low C=21.8 |Apr low C=24.7 |May low C=26.5 |Jun low C=25.9 |Jul low C=25.1 |Aug low C=24.7 |Sep low C=24.3 |Oct low C=23.8 |Nov low C=21.4 |Dec low C=19.4
|precipitation colour=green |Jan precipitation mm=0 |Feb precipitation mm=0 |Mar precipitation mm=0 |Apr precipitation mm=2 |May precipitation mm=24 |Jun precipitation mm=687 |Jul precipitation mm=1364 |Aug precipitation mm=889 |Sep precipitation mm=398 |Oct precipitation mm=113 |Nov precipitation mm=14 |Dec precipitation mm=1
|source 1= Climate-Data.org (altitude: 9m)
Summers are hot and humid with temperatures touching 37-39 degrees Celsius. Rains are pretty heavy during monsoon. Winters are not so chilly with temperatures falling to 11-12 degrees Celsius. Average annual rainfall in Roha is 3450mm.
References
References
- "Climate: Roha - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org.
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