 Vadodara District covers an area of 7,794 km².As of 2011, the district had a population of 4,165,626 of which 49.6% were urban, 50.4% were rural, 5.3% were scheduled castes and 27.6% were scheduled tribes.As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Gujarat (out of 33), after Ahmadabad and Surat.