Dervan is about 12 km from
Chiplun and 290 km from Mumbai on the Mumbai-Goa highway in Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra. The place has an average temperature of 33°C and rain fall of 85 inches. The village houses a great historic museum with a wide collection of paintings and sculptures illustrating Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's life. Another attraction is Shiv Samartha Fort, which also contains the sculptures depicting different occasions related to Shivaji.
