Roha

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

C. D. Deshmukh, politician who spent his childhood in Roha.
Pandurang Vaijnath Shastri Athavale religious leader, born in Roha.

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry.
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.