Konkan, is a coastal plain of western India, lying between the Arabian Sea (west) and the Western Ghats (east). The plain stretches approximately 330 miles (530 km) from the Daman Ganga River north of Mumbai (Bombay) to the Terekhol River between Maharashtra and Goa states in the south.
Between 28 and 47 miles (45 and 76 km) in width, the Konkan region includes the regions of Palghar, Thane, Greater Mumbai, Raigarh, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg
The region is traversed by seasonal rivers that drain the heavy monsoonal rainfall from the crest of the Sahyadri Hills. The generally uneven terrain is composed of eroded remnant ranges of the Ghats that form low lateritic plateaus in the west and terminate in a coastline of alternating bays and headlands. Only about one-third of the land is cultivable, and the population lives mainly in the relatively fertile river valleys near the coast and in the developed industrial belts around Mumbai viz Tarapur, TTC industrial area, Taloja, Thane, Raigad’s Patalganga, Roha, Mahad and Ratnagiri’s Lote Parsuram all these industrial areas developed over time
The barren hills are occupied by the pastoral Bhil, Kathkari, and Kokana peoples. The main crops are rice, pulses (legumes), vegetables, fruits, and coconuts; fishing and salt manufacture are also important