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{{Short description|Town in Maharashtra, India}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Roha
| other_name               = 
| nickname                 = 
| settlement_type          = [[town]]
| image_skyline            = Roha today.jpg
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| pushpin_map              = India Maharashtra
| pushpin_label_position   = right
| pushpin_map_alt          = 
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location in [[Maharashtra]], India
| coordinates              = {{coord|18.4543|N|73.1147|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = Roha{{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Raigad district|Raigad]]
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| governing_body           = Municipal Council
| unit_pref                = Metric
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| population_total         = 27,849
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| population_density_km2   = auto
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| demographics_type1       = Language
| demographics1_title1     = Official
| demographics1_info1      = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| timezone1                = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1              = +5:30
| postal_code_type         = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code              = 402 109 , 402116 (MIDC)
| area_code_type           = Telephone code
| area_code                = 02194
| registration_plate       = MH-06
| blank1_name_sec1         = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1         = 
| blank2_name_sec1         = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1         = Raigad
| blank3_name_sec1         = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1         = Shrivardhan
| blank1_name_sec2         = [[Climate of India|Climate]]
| blank1_info_sec2         = [[Climatic regions of India|Moderate]] <small>([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])</small>
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[[File:Roha in 70's.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Roha in the 1970s]]
[[File:Konkan Railway 516.JPG|thumb|300px|[[Roha railway station]]]]

'''Roha''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|pron|ˈ|r|oʊ|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.

==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 climate|tropical wet and dry]] (Aw).

{{Weather box
|metric first=yes
|single line=yes
|location=Roha
|temperature colour=pastel
|Jan high C=29.1
|Feb high C=29.6
|Mar high C=31.2
|Apr high C=32.5
|May high C=33.1
|Jun high C=31.4
|Jul high C=29.4
|Aug high C=29
|Sep high C=29.7
|Oct high C=31.6
|Nov high C=31.7
|Dec high C=30.4

|Jan mean C=23.8
|Feb mean C=24.3
|Mar mean C=26.5
|Apr mean C=28.6
|May mean C=29.8
|Jun mean C=28.6
|Jul mean C=27.2
|Aug mean C=26.8
|Sep mean C=27
|Oct mean C=27.7
|Nov mean C=26.5
|Dec mean C=24.9

|Jan low C=18.6
|Feb low C=19.1
|Mar low C=21.8
|Apr low C=24.7
|May low C=26.5
|Jun low C=25.9
|Jul low C=25.1
|Aug low C=24.7
|Sep low C=24.3
|Oct low C=23.8
|Nov low C=21.4
|Dec low C=19.4

|precipitation colour=green
|Jan precipitation mm=0
|Feb precipitation mm=0
|Mar precipitation mm=0
|Apr precipitation mm=2
|May precipitation mm=24
|Jun precipitation mm=687
|Jul precipitation mm=1364
|Aug precipitation mm=889
|Sep precipitation mm=398
|Oct precipitation mm=113
|Nov precipitation mm=14
|Dec precipitation mm=1

|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>

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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.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/Forts.aspx?strpage=fort-Murud-Janjira.html "Murud Janjira"]
* [http://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/Forts.aspx?strpage=fort-Raigad.html "Fort Raigad"]
* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/gloucestershire/6233831.stm BBC article]
* [[Ghosale gad|Ghosalgad]] (The Fort) (just 10&nbsp;km away from Roha on Murud road via Bhalgaon)

{{Raigad district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Raigad district]]