Roha
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Roha | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value. | |
| Coordinates: Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Country | RohaFile:Flag of India.svg 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 (English: /ˈroʊə/) 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
[edit | edit source]- C. D. Deshmukh, politician who spent his childhood in Roha.
- Pandurang Vaijnath Shastri Athavale religious leader, born in Roha.
Climate
[edit | edit source]Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (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
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- "Murud Janjira"
- "Fort Raigad"
- BBC article
- Ghosalgad (The Fort) (just 10 km away from Roha on Murud road via Bhalgaon)
.svg){kind=link}