Vadodara district
Vadodara district, also known as Baroda district, is situated in the eastern part of the state of Gujarat in western India.
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. As of 2011, Vadodara district is the third most populous district of Gujarat, out of 34 districts in the state.
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Worth seeing in and around Vadodara district
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Baroda
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baroda ) is a diocese located in the city of Baroda in the ecclesiastical province of Gandhinagar in India.
2.6 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in India · Wikipedia - 02Laxmi Vilas Palace
Lakshmi Vilas Palace is a historic palace and royal residence located in Vadodara, Gujarat, India. The palace was commissioned in 1878 by Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the ruler of Baroda State, and constructed in 1890 by British architects Charles Mant and Robert Chisholm.
1.1 km · Palace of Vadodara, Gujarat, India · Wikipedia - 03Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda is a public university in the city of Vadodara, Gujarat, India. Originally established as a Baroda college in 1881, it became a public university on April 30, 1949 and was renamed after its benefactor Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the former ruler of Baroda State.
1.8 km · state public university in Vadodara, Gujarat, India · Wikipedia - 04Moti Bagh Stadium
Motibaug Stadium is a cricket stadium located in Vadodara, Gujarat. The ground form part of the Lakshmi Vilas Palace building complex - a sprawling 700-acre complex in the heart of the city.
1.5 km · cricket stadium · Wikipedia - 05Hazira Maqbara
The mausoleum known as Hazira at Vadodara, Gujarat, India; contains the tombs of Qutb-ud-din Muhammad Khan who was the tutor of Salim, son and successor of Akbar, and also that of his son Naurang Khan who held important offices in Gujarat under Akbar. Qutb-ud-din was uncle of Mirza Aziz Koka, a foster brother of Akbar and the Governor of Gujarat thrice in between 1573 AD to 1583 AD. He was killed in 1583 by Muzaffar Shah III, the last sultan of Gujarat Sultanate.
2.6 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 06Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum
Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum is a museum housed within the Maharaja's palace in Vadodara, India.
1.1 km · museum in India · Wikipedia - 07Sursagar Lake
Sursagar Lake, also known as the Chand Talao, is a lake situated in the middle of the city of Vadodara in the state of Gujarat in India.
400 m · lake in India · Wikipedia - 08Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery
The Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery is an archeological and natural history museum in Baroda, Gujarat, India. It was built in 1894, modelled after the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Science Museum in London.
1.8 km · rich collection of art, sculpture, ethnography & ethnology · Wikipedia - 09Chimnabai Clock Tower
The Chimnabai Clock Tower, also known as the Raopura Tower, is a clock tower situated in the Raopura area of Vadodara, Gujarat, India. It was completed in 1896 and named in memory of Chimnabai I, a queen and the first wife of Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda State.
400 m · building in Vadodara, Gujarat, India · Wikipedia - 102006 Vadodara riots
The 2006 Vadodara riots also known as the 2006 Dargah riots were religious riots that occurred on 1 May 2006 in the Vadodara district of Gujarat, India. The riots were started by Muslim mobs rampaging against the Municipal Council of India's decision to remove the dargah of Syed Chishti Rashiduddin, a medieval Muslim Sufi saint.
1.1 km · riots in Gujarat, India over the removal of a shrine · Wikipedia
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Getting to Vadodara district
- Airports
- Vadodara (BDQ), 5 km · Sardar Vallabh Patel (AMD), 104 km · Surat (STV), 140 km
- Stations
- Vadodara Airport, 3.9 km · Vadodara Central Bus Station, 2.4 km · Vishvamitri railway station, 2.8 km · Pratapnagar railway station, 2.3 km
- Ahmedabad → Vadodara district99 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · ₹750–940
- Surat → Vadodara district128 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · ₹940–1,170
- Rajkot → Vadodara district244 km · quickest by road, 4h 42m · ₹1,850–2,320
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No local-transport research exists yet for Vadodara district
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Vadodara district. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundLocal transport consists mainly of city buses and three-wheelers called auto-rickshaws which are very cheap and easily available.
- Get aroundYou can also get an autorickshaw using the Uber or Jugnoo apps, or you can use the prices from these apps to negotiate a better one.
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