148.95 sq.kms. (Approx.)

1.5 million (Approx.)

35.5 meters above sea level

Summer Max. 40.4^oC. Min. 20.4^oC. Winter Max. 33.1^oC Min. 9.8^oC. Rainfall 931 mm. (Mid. June to Sept.)

Cotton in Summer, Light woolen in winter

Vadodara is cosmopolitan city in Gujarati speaking area. Beside Marathi, Hindi, Urdu, Sindhi & English are spoken. Some groups use Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and other languages.

Vadodara is on the Western Railway Mumbai Delhi and Mumbai Ahmedabad line. It is 100 kms. from Ahmedabad, its narrowguage line operates from Pratapnagar Railway Station and Vishwamitri Railway Station.

Vadodara is connected by road on National Highway No. 8 with all the major cities of India. Its is 436 kms. from Mumbai and 956 kms. from Delhi.

The city has an airport connected with Mumbai and Delhi.

The Gujarat State Transport Corporation piles its buses between Vadodara and Ahmedabad and also on main towns and tourist centres of Gujarat.