Vadodara District also known as Baroda District is a district in the eastern part of the state of

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in western

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. The city of

Vadodara Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capita ...

(

Baroda Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital ...

), in the western part of the district, is the administrative headquarters. Vadodara District covers an area of 7,794 km². As of 2011, the district had a population of 4,393,796 of which 49.6% were urban, 50.4% were rural, 5.3% were Scheduled castes and 27.6% were Scheduled tribes. As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Gujarat (out of 33

Climate

The Vadodara district has a dry climate and three distinct seasons, namely

summer Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, the earliest sunrise and latest sunset occurs, daylight hours are longest and dark hours are shortest, wit ...

winter Winter is the coldest season of the year in polar and temperate climates. It occurs after autumn and before spring. The tilt of Earth's axis causes seasons; winter occurs when a hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun. Different cultur ...

and

monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscil ...

Divisions

Vadodara is divided into 2 Prants: #

Dabhoi Dabhoi is a town and a municipality in the Vadodara district in the state of Gujarat, India. History Dabhoi was historically known as Darbhavati, Darbikagrama, Darbhavatipura, and Dabhohi. It is first mentioned in the sixth century astro ...

Vadodara is divided into 8

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s: #

Karjan Karjan is a city and a municipality in Vadodara district in the Indian state of Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar ...

# Padra # Savli # Sinor #

City # Vadodara Rural #

Waghodia Waghodia or Vaghodia (Gujarati વાઘોડિયા) is one of the taluka headquarters of Vadodara district in Gujarat state. Demographics As of Indian census 2001, Waghodia had a population of 13,480, where men are 7,108 while women are 6 ...

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Vadodara district has a

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction usi ...

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

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of 934

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for every 1000 males,. It has a

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of 81.21% in 2011, a ten percentage points increase in 10 years. The divided district has a population of 3,093,795. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 196,350 and 293,039 which is 6.35% and 9.47% of the population respectively.

Religion

Language

Politics

Ecology

The Wadhvana Wetland located here is a wetland that was designated as a Ramsar wetland site on 2021.

Notable personalities

* Premanand Bhatt (1649–1714) Author. Born in

. *

Nayan Mongia Nayan may refer to: * Nayanthara (born 1984), Indian actress * Nayan Desai (born 1946), Indian poet * Nayan Mongia (born 1969), Indian cricketer * Nayan Ghosh (born 1956), Indian musician * Nayan Doshi (born 1978), British cricketer * Nayan Shah ...

- Cricketer * Jacob Martin- Cricketer * Irfan Pathan- Cricketer * Yusuf Pathan- Cricketer * Hardik Pandya - Cricketer * Krunal Pandya - Cricketer *

Kiran More Kiran Shankar More (born 4 September 1962) is an Indian former cricketer and wicket-keeper for the Indian cricket team from 1984 to 1993. He also took up the position Chairman of the Selection Committee of the BCCI till Dilip Vengsarkar took ...

- Cricketer *

Anshul Trivedi Anshul Trivedi is an Indian actor known for his works in Hindi cinema and Indian television. He appeared as a lead in ''Balika vadhu 2'' , ''Trideviyaan'', ''Khidki'', '' Saraswatichandra'', ''Ishq Ka Rang Safed'', ''Ek Rishta Aisa Bhi'', ''Kaa ...

- Actor *

Dharmesh Yelande Dharmesh Yelande (born 31 October 1983), popularly known as D-sir, is an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and television personality. Career Yelande participated in ''Dance India Dance'' (2009–2010), ''Dance India Dance Li'l Masters'' (201 ...

- Choreographer and Actor *

Deepak Hooda Deepak Jagbir Hooda (born 19 April 1995) is an Indian International cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team. He also plays in the Indian Premier League for Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan in the domestic cricket. He is an all-round ...

- Cricketer *

Bhuvan Bam Bhuvan Bam (; born Bhuvan Avnindra Shankar Bam; 22 January 1994) is an Indian comedian, writer, singer, actor, songwriter, and YouTube personality from Delhi, India. He is known for his comedy channel on YouTube named ''BB Ki Vines.'' Early ...

- Youtuber *

Vijay Hazare Vijay Samuel Hazare (11 March 1915 – 18 December 2004) was an Indian cricketer. He captained India in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953. In India's 25th Test match, nearly 20 years after India achieved Test status, he led India to its first ...

- Cricketer *

Anshuman Gaekwad Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad (born 23 September 1952) is a former Indian cricketer and two-time Indian national cricket coach. He played in 40 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals. His father Datta Gaekwad also played Test Cricket for Ind ...

- Cricketer

References

External links

Official websiteVadodara CollectorateVadodara Municipal CorporationVadodara lok sabha by election 2014
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