Vadodara

Situated in Gujarat it is third largest district. It is cultural capital of Gujarat. Historically associated with Marathas it presents rich cultural traditions and diversity. It is situated on Vishwamitri river and is also the major industrial district of Gujarat.

Demographics
The population of vadodara is over one million. The literacy rate is around 76.11% of total population (males 79.21%; females 68.41%). The population density is around 9,527/km²

Climate of Vadodara
In Vadodara summer temperature ranges between 27 to 45 whereas in winter the temperature ranges between 30 to 25. June to September is the month of rainfall.

How To Reach Vadodara?

• Roads : Going Vadodara is easy. It has major rail and road network that connects Mumbai with Delhi and Mumbai with Ahmedabad. It is situated on the National highway 8. It is connected with Ahmedabad through expressway 1. Because of its connectivity with different centers it is also called as Gateway of Golden corridor.
  
  
• Rail : Vadodara comes under western Railway division and all the trains whether they are express or super fast stops here. It is a major junction on Mumbai to Delhi and Mumbai to Ahmedabad route.
  
  
• Air : It is well connected to Mumbai and Delhi. There are regular flights to these destinations from Vadodara.

Tourist destination
Vadodara is a cultural center of Gujarat. It has lot of tourist destinations including museums, palaces, lakes towers etc.

Temples	Historical sites	Others
Kirti Mandir,	Laxmi Vilas Palace	Lalbaug
EME Temple	Raopura Tower	Gandhi Nagar Gruh
	Sayaji Baug	Sardar Patel Planetarium
	Raopura Tower	Sursagar lake
	Najar Baug Palace	Various malls and multiplexes
	Walled City gates	Baroda museum and picture gallery
	Champaner-Pavagadh

Education
Vadodara has well developed educational center. It has numerous colleges and universities providing both the basic education and the professional education. Various educational institution of Vadodara are :

• Vadodara - Distance Education Study Centers
• Maharaja Sayaji Rao University of Baroda
• Government Medical College
• VadodraArakanya Shauddha Ayurved Mahavidyalaya
• Baroda Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya
• Gujarat Homeopathic Medical College
• Government Ayurved Collegee

Economy
The economy of Vadodara is mainly based on Industries. This is because of the availability of raw materials, good infrastructure, human resource and the establishment of oil refineries. The major industries of Vadodara are :

• ONGC
• Indian oil corporation
• Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals
• Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited
• Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited
• Heavy Water Project
• Gujarat Industries Power Company Limited