The district of Vadodara, commonly referred to as Baroda, is located in the eastern region of Gujarat, a state in western India. The city of Vadodara (Baroda) serves as the district’s administrative center. There were 4,165,626 people living in the 7,794 km2 district as of 2011. 49.6% of the population lived in cities, 50.4% in rural areas, 5.3% belonged to scheduled castes, and 27.6% belonged to scheduled tribes. Out of 33 districts in the state of Gujarat, Vadodara district has the third-highest population as of 2011