Kankavli is a city in Sindhudurg district in the southwest of the Indian state of Maharashtra, in the center of the Sindhudurg district.

As of 2011[update] India census,[1] Kankavli had a population of 16,398.

Kankavli is the third biggest city in Sindhudurg District after Sawantwadi and Malvan.

In Kankavli, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Kankavli is a Vidhansabha (state legislative) constituency of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Narayan Rane.