District of Gujarat

Vadodara: 41.7 lakh people, one story

People
41,65,626
Area
7,546 km²
Literacy
78.92%
Sex ratio
934
Top 3 in GujaratPopulation: 41,65,626. Rank 3 of 26 districts.See the numbers →Big number41.7 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 552 to every km².See the numbers →

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VadodaraGujarat

The history, places and schemes of Vadodara are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Vadodara in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population41.7 lakh#3/26 in Gujarat
Area7,546 km²#9/26 in Gujarat
Population density552 per km²#9/26 in Gujarat▲ state 308
Sex ratio934 females per 1000 males#15/26 in Gujarat▲ state 919
Child sex ratio (0–6)897 girls per 1000 boys#15/26 in Gujarat▲ state 890
Literacy rate78.92%#10/26 in Gujarat▲ state 78.03
Female literacy72.03%#11/26 in Gujarat▲ state 69.68
Urban population49.6%#4/26 in Gujarat▲ state 42.6

People & society

78.9% can read. 934 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
85.485.8
Female literacy
72.069.7
Scheduled Castes
5.36.7
Scheduled Tribes
27.614.8
Living in towns
49.642.6

Gender literacy gap: 13.4 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 89.2%
  • Muslim 9.2%
  • Christian 0.6%
  • Sikh 0.2%
  • Jain 0.7%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    52 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    16.9 lakh workers, 40.7% of all people

    This district
    Gujarat
    • Cultivators 18.4%
    • Farm labourers 33.7%
    • Household industry 1.0%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 46.8%

      Schemes & development

      Only 64% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      64.462.8
      Latrine at home
      43.839.9
      Tap water
      51.548.0
      LPG / PNG
      33.226.6
      Phone
      47.147.9
      Television
      40.137.4
      Bicycle
      32.224.2
      Two-wheeler
      28.323.7

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.