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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Town in Maharashtra, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Roha<br />
| other_name = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = [[town]]<br />
| image_skyline = Roha today.jpg<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Maharashtra]], India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|18.4543|N|73.1147|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = Roha{{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Raigad district|Raigad]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = <br />
| government_type = <br />
| governing_body = Municipal Council<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| area_total_km2 = <br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| population_total = 27,849<br />
| population_as_of = <br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| demographics_type1 = Language<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 402 109 , 402116 (MIDC)<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 02194<br />
| registration_plate = MH-06<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = <br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = Raigad<br />
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank3_info_sec1 = Shrivardhan<br />
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Climate of India|Climate]]<br />
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Climatic regions of India|Moderate]] <small>([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])</small><br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
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[[File:Roha in 70's.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Roha in the 1970s]]<br />
[[File:Konkan Railway 516.JPG|thumb|300px|[[Roha railway station]]]]<br />
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'''Roha''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|pron|ˈ|r|oʊ|h|ə}}) is a town and [[subdistrict]]/[[upazila]]/[[tehsil]] in the [[Raigad district]] of Maharashtra state in India, 120&nbsp;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 railway station|Panvel-Roha railway line]]. Roha is off of the Mumbai Goa Highway, via the [[Kolad]] road.<br />
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==Notable people==<br />
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* [[C. D. Deshmukh]], politician who spent his childhood in Roha.<br />
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* [[Pandurang Vaijnath Shastri Athavale]] religious leader, born in Roha.<br />
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==Climate==<br />
[[Köppen-Geiger climate classification system]] classifies its climate as [[tropical wet and dry climate|tropical wet and dry]] (Aw).<br />
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{{Weather box<br />
|metric first=yes<br />
|single line=yes<br />
|location=Roha<br />
|temperature colour=pastel<br />
|Jan high C=29.1<br />
|Feb high C=29.6<br />
|Mar high C=31.2<br />
|Apr high C=32.5<br />
|May high C=33.1<br />
|Jun high C=31.4<br />
|Jul high C=29.4<br />
|Aug high C=29<br />
|Sep high C=29.7<br />
|Oct high C=31.6<br />
|Nov high C=31.7<br />
|Dec high C=30.4<br />
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|Jan mean C=23.8<br />
|Feb mean C=24.3<br />
|Mar mean C=26.5<br />
|Apr mean C=28.6<br />
|May mean C=29.8<br />
|Jun mean C=28.6<br />
|Jul mean C=27.2<br />
|Aug mean C=26.8<br />
|Sep mean C=27<br />
|Oct mean C=27.7<br />
|Nov mean C=26.5<br />
|Dec mean C=24.9<br />
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|Jan low C=18.6<br />
|Feb low C=19.1<br />
|Mar low C=21.8<br />
|Apr low C=24.7<br />
|May low C=26.5<br />
|Jun low C=25.9<br />
|Jul low C=25.1<br />
|Aug low C=24.7<br />
|Sep low C=24.3<br />
|Oct low C=23.8<br />
|Nov low C=21.4<br />
|Dec low C=19.4<br />
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|precipitation colour=green<br />
|Jan precipitation mm=0<br />
|Feb precipitation mm=0<br />
|Mar precipitation mm=0<br />
|Apr precipitation mm=2<br />
|May precipitation mm=24<br />
|Jun precipitation mm=687<br />
|Jul precipitation mm=1364<br />
|Aug precipitation mm=889<br />
|Sep precipitation mm=398<br />
|Oct precipitation mm=113<br />
|Nov precipitation mm=14<br />
|Dec precipitation mm=1<br />
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|source 1= ''Climate-Data.org'' (altitude: 9m)<ref name="Climate-Data.org">{{Cite web |url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/493075/ |title=Climate: Roha - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table |publisher=Climate-Data.org |access-date=2013-12-29 |archive-date=30 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232606/http://en.climate-data.org/location/493075/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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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.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/Forts.aspx?strpage=fort-Murud-Janjira.html "Murud Janjira"]<br />
* [http://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/Forts.aspx?strpage=fort-Raigad.html "Fort Raigad"]<br />
* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/gloucestershire/6233831.stm BBC article]<br />
* [[Ghosale gad|Ghosalgad]] (The Fort) (just 10&nbsp;km away from Roha on Murud road via Bhalgaon)<br />
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{{Raigad district}}<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Raigad district]]</div>
Kalyan Yadav SPKAY