world.wikisort.org - India

Search / Calendar

Vadodara District also known as Baroda District is a district in the eastern part of the state of Gujarat in western India. The city of Vadodara (Baroda), 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 4,165,626 of which 49.6% were urban, 50.4% were rural, 5.3% were scheduled castes and 27.6% were scheduled tribes.[6] As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Gujarat (out of 33), after Ahmadabad and Surat.[7]

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Vadodara.
Vadodara district
Baroda district
District of Gujarat
Lakshmi Vilas Palace
Location in Gujarat
Coordinates: 22.18°N 73.12°E / 22.18; 73.12
Country India
StateGujarat
Government
 • CollectorR B Barad, IAS
Area
 • Total4,110 km2 (1,590 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1][2]
 • Total4,293,795
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Barodian, Badodekar, Barodekar
Languages[3]
 • OfficialGujarati
 • OtherMarathi, Hindi, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
390 0XX
ISO 3166 codeIN-GJ-VD
Vehicle registrationGJ 06 (urban), 29(rural)
Lok Sabha constituency2[4]
Vidhan Sabha constituency12[5]
ClimateSemi-Arid (BSh) (Köppen)
Avg. annual temperature12-43 °C
Avg. summer temperature26-43 °C
Avg. winter temperature12-33 °C
Websitevadodara.nic.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

Divisions


Districts of central Gujarat
Districts of central Gujarat

Vadodara is divided into 2 Prants:[8]

  1. Vadodara
  2. Dabhoi

Vadodara is divided into 8 talukas:[8]

  1. Dabhoi
  2. Karjan
  3. Padra
  4. Savli
  5. Sinor
  6. Vadodara City
  7. Vadodara Rural
  8. Waghodia

Demographics


Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901575,650—    
1911679,540+1.67%
1921736,050+0.80%
1931856,580+1.53%
19411,019,524+1.76%
19511,181,782+1.49%
19611,490,144+2.35%
19711,936,523+2.65%
19812,509,431+2.63%
19913,038,127+1.93%
20013,641,802+1.83%
20114,165,626+1.35%
source:[9]

According to the 2011 census Vadodara district has a population of 4,165,626,[1][10][11] 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, an impressive ten percentage points increase in 10 years.[1]

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


Religions in Vadodara district (2011)[12]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 86.59%
Islam
 
 11.32%
Jainism
 
 0.85%
Christianity
 
 0.75%
Other or not stated
 
 0.49%

Language


Languages of Vadodara district in 2011 census[13]

  Gujarati (81.97%)
  Hindi (9.64%)
  Marathi (4.51%)
  Sindhi (1.11%)
  others (2.77%)



Politics


This section is transcluded from 14th Gujarat Assembly. (edit | history)
No. Constituency Name Party Remarks
135 Savli Ketan Inamdar BJP
136 Vaghodia Madhu Shrivastav BJP
140 Dabhoi Shailesh Mehta 'Sotta' BJP
141 Vadodara City (SC) Manisha Vakil BJP
142 Sayajigunj Jitendra Sukhadia BJP
143 Akota Seema Mohile BJP
144 Raopura Rajendra Trivedi BJP
145 Manjalpur Yogesh Patel BJP
146 Padra Jashpalsinh Thakor INC
147 Karjan Akshaykumar I. Patel INC resigned and joined BJP
BJP Elected in by-election in 2020

Ecology


The Wadhvana Wetland located here is a wetland that was designated as a Ramsar wetland site on 2021.[14]


Notable personalities



References


  1. "Gujarat Distrct Census - Vadodara" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, 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. "Collectorate of Vadodara". Vadodara District Collectorate. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
  9. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  10. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Lebanon 4,143,101 July 2011 est.
  11. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Oregon 3,831,074
  12. "C-16 Population By Religion - Gujarat". census.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  13. 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
  14. "Gujarat: Thol, Wadhwana in Ramsar's list of wetlands of international importance". Retrieved 13 September 2022.


Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vadodara district.

На других языках

[de] Vadodara (Distrikt)

Vadodara ist ein Distrikt im westindischen Bundesstaat Gujarat.
- [en] Vadodara district

[ru] Вадодара (округ)

Вадо́дара (гудж. વડોદરા જિલ્લો; англ. Vadodara) — округ в индийском штате Гуджарат. Административный центр — город Вадодара. Площадь округа — 7549 км². По данным всеиндийской переписи 2001 года, население округа составляло 3 641 802 человека[1]. Уровень грамотности взрослого населения составлял 71,32 %, что выше среднеиндийского уровня (59,5 %). Доля городского населения составляла 45,20 %.


Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии