| Native Name Lang: | Gujarati |
| Other Name: | Baroda district |
| Settlement Type: | District of Gujarat |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gujarat |
| Leader Title1: | Collector |
| Leader Name1: | R B Barad, IAS |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 4110 |
| Population Total: | 4,193,795 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Demonym: | Barodian, Badodekar, Barodekar |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages[2] |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Gujarati |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Hindi, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 390 0XX |
| Iso Code: | IN-GJ-VD |
| Registration Plate: | GJ-06 (urban), GJ-29 (rural) |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 2[3] |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | 12[4] |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Climate |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Semi-Arid (BSh) (Köppen) |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Avg. annual temperature |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | 12-43 °C |
| Blank3 Name Sec2: | Avg. summer temperature |
| Blank3 Info Sec2: | 26-43 °C |
| Blank4 Name Sec2: | Avg. winter temperature |
| Blank4 Info Sec2: | 12-33 °C |
| Image Map1: | Vadodara in Gujarat (India).svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location in Gujarat |
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.[5] Vadodara district is the third most populous district of Gujarat, out of 33 districts in the state.[6]
The Vadodara district has a dry climate and three distinct seasons, namely summer, winter and monsoon.
Vadodara is divided into 2 Prants:[7]
Vadodara is divided into 8 talukas:[7]
According to the 2011 census Vadodara district has a population of 4,165,626,[8] The district has a population density of 551PD/sqkm .[8] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 14.16%.[8] Vadodara has a sex ratio of 934 females for every 1000 males.[8] It has a literacy rate of 81.21% in 2011, a ten percentage points increase in 10 years.[8]
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%).[9]
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.[10]
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The Wadhvana Wetland located near Dabhoi Taluka here is a wetland that was designated as a Ramsar wetland site on 2021.[11]