Raigad
Raigad is a district in the State of Maharashtra in India. The District Head Quarter of Raigad District is Alibag between the Latitude 18.39 N and the Longitude 72.55 E . It is bounded by Mumbai Harbour to the northwest, Thane District to the north, Pune District to the east, Ratnagiri district to the south, and the Arabian Sea to the west.Population of this district as per census 2001 was 1673094.
There are four sub-divisions - Alibag, Panvel, Mangaon, Mahad in this district. Tehsils of this district are Alibag, Pen, Murud, Panvel, Uran, Karjat, Khalapur, Mangaon, Roha,Sudhagadh, Tala, Mahad, Mhasala, Shrivardhan and Poladpur. Number of Gram panchayats is 818 and villages 1919.
History
Raigad has an ancient history.Politics
Assembly constituencies and their extent after delimitation order of 2008188 Panvel Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Panvel Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle Taloja, Morbe, Panvel, and Panvel (MC) .
189 Karjat Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Karjat Tehsil, 2. Khalapur Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle Vavashi, Khopoli and Khopoli (MC).
190 Uran Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Uran Tehsil, 2. Khalapur Tehsil (Part) - Revenue Circle Chauk, 3. Panvel Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle Owle and Poyanje.
191 Pen Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Sudhagad Tehsil, 2. Pen Tehsil, 3. Roha Tehsil (Part)-Revenue Circle Nagothane and Kolad.
192 Alibag Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Alibag Tehsil, 2. Murud Tehsil 3. Roha Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle Chanere.
193 Shrivardhan Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Shrivardhan Tehsil, 2. Mhasla Tehsil, 3. Roha Tehsil (Part) Revenue Circle Roha and Roha Ashtami (MC), 4. Mangaon Tehsil(Part)-Revenue Circle Mangaon, 5. Tala Tehsil.
194 Mahad Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Mahad Tehsil, 2. Poladpur Tehsil, 3. Mangaon Tehsil (Part) Revenue Circle Nijampur and Goregaon.