ABOUT RATNAGIRI

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Ratnagiri’s warm and humid weather is most suitable for horticulture, especially for mango, cashew and jackfruit. It has been declared as the Horticulture District in Maharashtra.

The world-famous King of Mangoes Alphanso is grown here. Ratnagiri’s cashew nuts are famous for earning ‘Dollars’ for Konkan.

This district has produced three Bharat Ratna laureates- Dhondo Keshav Karve, P.V.Kane and B.R.Ambedkar. No other district in India possesses this distinction. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born at Ratnagiri.

Other information about RATNAGIRI:

State : Maharashtra
Country : India
Division : Konkan
Area : 8,208sq. km
Climate : Tropical
Altitude : 11m
Coastline : 237Km
Geography : Latitude-16.98° N, Longitude-73.3° E
Time Zone : IST (UTC+5:30)
Clothing : Cotton Clothes
Monsoon Season : June - September
Tourist Season : April-June 10; October-December
Airport [nearest] : Mumbai [Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport]
Food : Rice, Fish
Language : Konkani/Marathi
Postal Code [PIN] : 415 612
STD Code : + 91-2352
Vehicle Registration ID : MH-08
Highway : Mumbai Goa National Highway [NH-17]
Railway : Ratnagiri Junction [Konkan Railway] Station Code : RN
Distance : Mumbai to Ratnagiri - 356Km
Pune to Ratnagiri - 365Km
Goa to Ratnagiri - 240Km
District Headquarters : Ratnagiri
Sub Division : 3
Taluk/Tahsil : 9
Population [2001 census] : 16,96,777
Literacy [Year 2001] : 65.13%