Roha
Roha (English: ) 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.
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  Roha Location in Maharashtra, India | |
| Coordinates: 18°27′15″N 73°06′53″E / 18.4543°N 73.1147°E | |
| 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 (English: /ˈroʊhə/) 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]- C. D. Deshmukh, politician who spent his childhood in Roha.
- Pandurang Vaijnath Shastri Athavale religious leader, born in Roha.
Climate
[edit]Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw).
| Climate data for Roha | |||||||||||||
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| 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]- ^ "Climate: Roha - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
External links
[edit]- "Murud Janjira"
- "Fort Raigad"
- BBC article
- Ghosalgad (The Fort) (just 10 km away from Roha on Murud road via Bhalgaon)
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