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(January 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Town in Maharashtra, Roha India Roha town Roha Location in Maharashtra, India Coordinates: 18°27′15″N 73°06′53″E / 18.4543°N 73.1147°E / 18.4543; 73.1147 Country Roha India State Maharashtra District Raigad Government • Body Municipal Council Population • Total 27,849 Language • Official Marathi Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST) PIN 402 109 , 402116 (MIDC) Telephone code 02194 Vehicle registration MH-06 Lok Sabha constituency Raigad Vidhan Sabha constituency Shrivardhan Climate Moderate (Köppen) Roha in the 1970s [Roha railway station](/source/Roha_railway_station) **Roha** (English: [/ˈroʊhə/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English)) is a town and [subdistrict](/source/Subdistrict)/[upazila](/source/Upazila)/[tehsil](/source/Tehsil) in the [Raigad district](/source/Raigad_district) of Maharashtra state in India, 120 km southeast of [Mumbai,](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mumbai,&action=edit&redlink=1) between the banks of the [Kundalika River](/source/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](/source/Panvel_railway_station). Roha is off of the Mumbai Goa Highway, via the [Kolad](/source/Kolad) road. ## Notable people - [C. D. Deshmukh](/source/C._D._Deshmukh), politician who spent his childhood in Roha. - [Pandurang Vaijnath Shastri Athavale](/source/Pandurang_Vaijnath_Shastri_Athavale) religious leader, born in Roha. ## Climate [Köppen-Geiger climate classification system](/source/K%C3%B6ppen-Geiger_climate_classification_system) classifies its climate as [tropical wet and dry](/source/Tropical_wet_and_dry_climate) (Aw). Climate data for Roha Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29.1 (84.4) 29.6 (85.3) 31.2 (88.2) 32.5 (90.5) 33.1 (91.6) 31.4 (88.5) 29.4 (84.9) 29 (84) 29.7 (85.5) 31.6 (88.9) 31.7 (89.1) 30.4 (86.7) 30.7 (87.3) Daily mean °C (°F) 23.8 (74.8) 24.3 (75.7) 26.5 (79.7) 28.6 (83.5) 29.8 (85.6) 28.6 (83.5) 27.2 (81.0) 26.8 (80.2) 27 (81) 27.7 (81.9) 26.5 (79.7) 24.9 (76.8) 26.8 (80.3) Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 18.6 (65.5) 19.1 (66.4) 21.8 (71.2) 24.7 (76.5) 26.5 (79.7) 25.9 (78.6) 25.1 (77.2) 24.7 (76.5) 24.3 (75.7) 23.8 (74.8) 21.4 (70.5) 19.4 (66.9) 22.9 (73.3) Average precipitation mm (inches) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (0.1) 24 (0.9) 687 (27.0) 1,364 (53.7) 889 (35.0) 398 (15.7) 113 (4.4) 14 (0.6) 1 (0.0) 3,492 (137.4) Source: Climate-Data.org (altitude: 9m)[1] 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 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Climate-Data.org_1-0)** ["Climate: Roha - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table"](http://en.climate-data.org/location/493075/). Climate-Data.org. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232606/http://en.climate-data.org/location/493075/) from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013. ## External links - ["Murud Janjira"](http://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/Forts.aspx?strpage=fort-Murud-Janjira.html) - ["Fort Raigad"](http://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/Forts.aspx?strpage=fort-Raigad.html) - [BBC article](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/gloucestershire/6233831.stm) - [Ghosalgad](/source/Ghosale_gad) (The Fort) (just 10 km away from Roha on Murud road via Bhalgaon) v t e Raigad district Talukas Alibag Karjat Khalapur Mahad Mangaon Mhasala Murud Panvel Pen Poladpur Roha Shrivardhan Sudhagad-Pali Tala Uran Electoral constituencies Lok Sabha Raigad Maval Vidhan Sabha Panvel Karjat Uran Pen Alibag Shrivardhan Mahad Cities and towns Agar Panchaitan Alibag (district headquarters) Ambivali Tarf Wankhal Bhivpuri Birwadi Chaul Dadar Dhatau Goregaon Harihareshwar Kalundre Kamothe Karanja Karjat Kegaon Khalapur Kharghar Kherdi Khopoli Mahad Mangaon Matheran Mhasla Mohpada Mora Murud Nagothana Neral Pali Panvel Pen Poladpur Roha Roha Ashtami Shelu Shrivardhan Tala Taloje Panchnand Uran Utekhol Villages Agardanda Bamandongri Beed Khurd Bharadkhol Bhatan Bodni Chikhale Chondhi Dasgaon Devale Dhakti Jui Diwiparangi Indapur Jadhvawadi Kashele Kashid Khandas Khar Mazgaon Kihim Kolad Laxmikhar Lonere Mandwa Palaspe Pali Poladpur-Naneghol Poshir Rajpuri Rasayani Revdanda Rohinjan Salpe-Kharmare Saral Sarasgad Sarde Shirdhon Siddheshwar Vadhav Vasheni Vashi Vichumbe Wahal --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Roha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roha) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roha?action=history)). 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