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 ::

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FieldValue
nameRoha
settlement_typetown
image_skylineRoha today.jpg
pushpin_mapIndia Maharashtra
pushpin_label_positionright
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Maharashtra, India
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameRohaIndia
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Maharashtra
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Raigad
established_title
governing_bodyMunicipal Council
unit_prefMetric
population_total27,849
population_density_km2auto
demographics_type1Language
demographics1_title1Official
demographics1_info1Marathi
timezone1IST
utc_offset1+5:30
postal_code_typePIN
postal_code402 109 , 402116 (MIDC)
area_code_typeTelephone code
area_code02194
registration_plateMH-06
blank1_name_sec1Nearest city
blank2_name_sec1Lok Sabha constituency
blank2_info_sec1Raigad
blank3_name_sec1Vidhan Sabha constituency
blank3_info_sec1Shrivardhan
blank1_name_sec2Climate
blank1_info_sec2Moderate (Köppen)
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::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

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

  1. "Climate: Roha - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org.

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