Vadodara district

Vadodara district, also known as Baroda district, is situated in the eastern part of the state of Gujarat in western India. The administrative headquarters of the district is the city of Vadodara (Baroda). The district covers an area of 7,794 km2 and had a population of 4,165,626 as of 2011. Out of this population, 49.6% were urban, 50.4% were rural, 5.3% were Scheduled Castes and 27.6% were Scheduled Tribes. Vadodara district is the third most populous district of Gujarat, out of 33 districts in the state. The Vadodara district has a dry climate and three distinct seasons, namely summer, winter and monsoon. Vadodara is divided into 2 Prants: Vadodara Dabhoi Vadodara is divided into 8 talukas: Dabhoi Karjan Padra Savli Sinor Vadodara City Vadodara Rural Waghodia According to the 2011 census Vadodara district has a population of 4,165,626, The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 14.16%. Vadodara has a sex ratio of 934 females for every 1000 males. It has a literacy rate of 81.21% in 2011, a ten percentage points increase in 10 years. The divided district has a population of 3,093,795, of which 1,993,356 (64.43%) lived in urban areas. The divided district had a sex ratio of 923 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 196,350 (6.35%) and 293,039 (9.47%) of the population respectively. Hindus were 3,640,856 (86.59%), while Muslims were 450,357 (11.12%), Jains 75,355 (1.75%) and Christians 23,229 (0.60%). At the time of the 2011 census, 81.97% of the population spoke Gujarati, 9.64% Hindi, 4.51% Marathi and 1.11% Sindhi as their first language. |} The Wadhvana Wetland located here is a wetland that was designated as a Ramsar wetland site on 2021. Premanand Bhatt (1649–1714) Author. Born in Vadodara. Nayan Mongia- Cricketer Jacob Martin- Cricketer Irfan Pathan- Cricketer Yusuf Pathan- Cricketer Hardik Pandya - Cricketer Krunal Pandya - Cricketer Kiran More - Cricketer Anshul Trivedi- Actor Dharmesh Yelande - Choreographer and Acto