Nagothane is a census town in Roha Taluka, in the Raigad district of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

This village is prettily situated in a hollow surrounded by wooded hills, on the right bank of the Amba river or Nagothana creek about twenty-four miles from its mouth.

Above Dharamtar the bed is blocked with sand banks, and, within four miles of Nagothana, it is crossed by reefs of rock which can be passed only at full tide.

The vessels chiefly employed on the creek are phatemaris and macvas, with an occasional bandar-boat used by travellers between Mumbai and Mahabaleshwar.

In the fair season there is a considerable traffic at Nagothana, chiefly the export of rice and the import of salt and fishes.

In 1529 Hector de Sylveira of Bassein went up the river Nagothana, and burnt six towns belonging to the king of Cambay.

The Commander of Nagothana took the field against him with five hundred horse and a large force of infantry, and endeavoured to cut off his retreat [Faria in Kerr, VI.

The span of the main arch is twenty-two feet nine inches [East India Papers, III.

The town comes under the electrification scheme under which the electricity generated at the Tata Power House at Bhira will be used to electrify the southern part of the district.

Nagothane Census Town has total administration over 2,873 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage.

It is also authorized to build roads within Census Town limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

In the late 1980s a decision was made by the Government to install India's first Gas Cracker Complex at Nagothana.

Raw material for the Petrochemical plant was transported through pipelines from Bombay High (Oil & Natural Gas Corporation).

This facility is called as RIL-Nagothane Manufacturing Division after IPCL was acquired by Reliance Industries Limited in 2002.