One of the 36 districts in Maharashtra is Ratnagiri, situated on the coast-line of the Arabian sea that lies on the west of Ratnagiri. The Raigad District lies to the north, the Sindhudurg district to the south and Satara, Samgli and Kolhapur districts to the east, The Ratnagiri District widespreads in an area of 8,208 sq.km with total population of 1,615,069 and the literacy rate of 82.18% . The climate of Ratnagiri remains humid and the rainfall is pleasant that blesses the city with greenery throughout the year.
Under the department of Fisheries, the Marine Biological Research Station was establish in 1958 at Ratnagiri.It has a well equipped “Aquarium and Museum”, with modern brackish water fish farm, Mechanized Fishing and Research Vessel, Seed Production Facilities and various laboratories. Thus giving rise to great opportunities in occupation and education introducing new technologies in fish production , transferrinf to fish culturists, entrepreneurs and the industry. This leads to attract a lot of professionals towards Ratnagiri resulting in development in housing and residencial property. The city is blessed with Wonderful climate, pleasant scenery and breath-taking coastal view from numerous beaches. Ultimately raising the interest of real estate developers to build residencial property in Ratnagiri.
Connectivity: Nearest Airport is the Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai that serves domestic as well as the international flights. Ratnagiri is connected by railway to Manglore in the south by Konkan and Mumbai in the North. Ratnagiri is well connected by Wonderful roadways granting opportunity to visit many tourist spots on the way from Mumbai, Pune, Kolhapur, Goa and Banglore. The MIDC has founded Zadgaon and Mirjole industrial estates accompanied with them are the VAV Life Sciences, Auchtel Chemicals, Gadre Marines Exprots etc are also raising their business in Ratnagiri.
