Vadodara district

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Vadodara.

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.^[6] As of 2011,^[update] Vadodara district is the third most populous district of Gujarat, out of 33 districts in the state.^[7]

Vadodara district Baroda district
District of Gujarat
Lakshmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara, Nilkanthdam, Poicha, Temple in Kayavarohan, Vidyadhar Stepwell, Hira Gate in Dabhoi
Interactive Map Outlining Vadodara District
Location in Gujarat
Coordinates: 22°10′48.00″N 73°7′12.00″E
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Government
• Collector	R B Barad, IAS
Area
• Total	4,110 km2 (1,590 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1][2]
• Total	4,193,795
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Barodian, Badodekar, Barodekar
Languages[3]
• Official	Gujarati
• Other	Hindi, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	390 0XX
ISO 3166 code	IN-GJ-VD
Vehicle registration	GJ-06 (urban), GJ-29 (rural)
Lok Sabha constituency	2[4]
Vidhan Sabha constituency	12[5]
Climate	Semi-Arid (BSh) (Köppen)
Avg. annual temperature	12-43 °C
Avg. summer temperature	26-43 °C
Avg. winter temperature	12-33 °C
Website	vadodara.gujarat.gov.in

Climate

The Vadodara district has a dry climate and three distinct seasons, namely summer, winter and monsoon.

Vadodara
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     1     29 12     0     32 13     1     36 18     0     39 22     3     40 26     129     36 26     290     32 25     274     31 24     147     32 24     21     35 21     16     33 16     3     30 16 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: IMD
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0     84 54     0     90 55     0     97 64     0     102 72     0.1     104 79     5.1     97 79     11     90 77     11     88 75     5.8     90 75     0.8     95 70     0.6     91 61     0.1     86 61 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

Divisions

Districts of central Gujarat

Vadodara is divided into 5 Prants and 12 talukas.^[8]

#	Prant	Taluka
1	Vadodara-City	Vadodara-East
2		Vadodara-West
3		Vadodara-North
4		Vadodara-South
5	Vadodara-Rural	Vadodara-Rural
6		Padra
7	Savli	Savli
8		Desar
9	Karjan	Karjan
10		Shinor
11	Dabhoi	Dabhoi
12		Vaghodiya

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	575,650	—
1911	679,540	+1.67%
1921	736,050	+0.80%
1931	856,580	+1.53%
1941	1,019,524	+1.76%
1951	1,181,782	+1.49%
1961	1,490,144	+2.35%
1971	1,936,523	+2.65%
1981	2,509,431	+2.63%
1991	3,038,127	+1.93%
2001	3,641,802	+1.83%
2011	4,165,626	+1.35%
source:[9]

According to the 2011 census Vadodara district has a population of 4,165,626,^[1] The district has a population density of 551 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,430/sq mi) .^[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 14.16%.^[1] Vadodara has a sex ratio of 934 females for every 1000 males.^[1] It has a literacy rate of 81.21% in 2011, a ten percentage points increase in 10 years.^[1]

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.^[1]

Religion

Religions in Vadodara district (2011)[10]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			86.59%
Islam			11.12%
Jainism			1.75%
Christianity			0.65%
Other or not stated			0.49%

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%).^[10]

Language

Languages of Vadodara district (2011)^[11]

  Gujarati (81.97%)

  Hindi (9.64%)

  Marathi (4.51%)

  Sindhi (1.11%)

  Others (2.77%)

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.^[11]

Politics

This section is transcluded from 15th Gujarat Assembly. (edit | history)

District	No.	Constituency	Name	Party		Remarks
Vadodara	135	Savli	Ketan Inamdar		Bharatiya Janata Party
	136	Vaghodiya	Dharmendrasinh Vaghela		Independent	Resigned on 24 January 2024[12]
					Bharatiya Janata Party	Elected on 4 June 2024
Vadodara	140	Dabhoi	Shailesh Mehta		Bharatiya Janata Party
	141	Vadodara City (SC)	Manisha Vakil		Bharatiya Janata Party
	142	Sayajigunj	Keyur Rokadiya		Bharatiya Janata Party
	143	Akota	Chaitanya Desai		Bharatiya Janata Party
	144	Raopura	Balkrushna Shukla		Bharatiya Janata Party
	145	Manjalpur	Yogesh Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party
	146	Padra	Chaitanyasinh Zala		Bharatiya Janata Party
	147	Karjan	Akshay Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party

Ecology

The Wadhvana Wetland located near Dabhoi Taluka here is a wetland that was designated as a Ramsar wetland site on 2021.^[13]

Notable personalities

• 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 Actor
• Deepak Hooda - Cricketer
• Bhuvan Bam - Youtuber
• Vijay Hazare - Cricketer
• Anshuman Gaekwad - Cricketer
• Shrenu Parikh - Actor
• Manan Desai - comedian
• Chirayu Amin - Business person
• Dilip Sanghvi - Business Person

References

1. "District Census Hand Book – Vadodara" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
2. "Districts of Gujarat".
3. "About Vadodara".
4. "List of Gujarat Lok Sabha Members". Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
5. "List of Vadodara District MLAs". Gujarat Vidhan Sabha. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
6. "Vadodara District Population, Caste, Religion Data (Gujarat) – Census 2011". Census India.
7. "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
8. "Vadodara - Prant Offices". Vadodara District Administration. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
9. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
10. "Population by Religion - Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
11. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Gujarat". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
12. "Gujarat : Independent MLA Dharmendrasinh Vaghela Joins BJP Ahead Of Lok Sabha Elections". The Blunt Times. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
13. "Gujarat: Thol, Wadhwana in Ramsar's list of wetlands of international importance". Retrieved 13 September 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Vadodara Collectorate
• Vadodara Municipal Corporation
• Vadodara lok sabha by election 2014
• Geographic data related to Vadodara district at OpenStreetMap