Demography & Urbanization
Urban Population
Urban population of Vadodara taluka is 18,22,532. Its decadal urban population growth rate, however, was not as steep as Vaghodia’s (240%). Vaghodia’s urban population jumped guns owing to the fact that it has been notified as an industrial area. At the core of metro-region planning is the ideology of identifying potential of strong economic nodes to uplift the areas under the nodes’ influence. Vadodara proves to be the mother metropolitan city followed by strong influence centers like Anand, Vaghodia etc. as is evident from both the maps.
Urban Population Density Taluka
Urban Population Density = Urban population / Urban area
Sankheda
13813
Bharuch
10439
Vadodara
9793
Godhra
8308
Petlad
6020
Urban population density is a good indicator of concentration of urban population in certain talukas. It shows which talukas are attracting the urban population and also gives a direction to find out why. These attractors might ultimately prove to be crucial for the growth of a metropolitan region.
Urban Population Density (2011)
Amod Ghoghamba Jambughoda Khanpur Matar Morva Savli Shahera Sinor Sojitra Tarapur Vaghodia Vagra Virpur Anklav Mahudha Jambusar Umreth Khambhat Karjan Devgadh Baria Balasinor Dabhoi Borsad Lunavada Thasara Padra Anand Halol Kalol Nadiad Petlad Godhra Vadodara Bharuch Sankheda
16000 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0
Urbanization Level of urbanization can be attributed as the most crucial indicator for sectoral delineation by the demography and urbanization sector. Concentration of urban population and urban center growth are determined best by this indicator. The trend noticed in the attached map depicts urbanization along the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). This is because of rapid industrial and economic growth. Other than that, Bharuch, a taluka rapidly urbanizing, is influenced by Surat metropolitan more than VMR.
No. of talukas falling in the range 8
Urbanization = Urban population / total population* 100 (%) 0
18
0-20
6
20-40
3
40-80
1
> 80
For understanding & perspective, urbanization of: India = 31.16% Gujarat = 42.58% Study area average = 24.36%
Hence, while maximum talukas have urbanization somewhere between 0-20%, which is much below the levels of the state and country, there is only one talukas, Vadodara, with urbanization of 90.7%. This proves that it is indeed the central metropolitan core of the region.
Urban Centers Urban centers are the cradle of economic activities in any metropolitan region. They spur employment opportunities. Christaller’s Central Place Theory (CPT) says that no two equal size settlements are close to one another and that settlements are arranged in a certain hexagonal pattern based on their sizes. Though this theory is utopian and certain number of assumptions are behind it, in context to the VMR, CPT does emerge slightly. At the core is Vadodara city, a million plus Class I city, followed by 4 other Class I cities. Around them are 5 Class II cities and then 10 Class III cities and so on. District Vadodara Kheda Panch Mahals Bharuch Anand Dahod TOTAL
Class I 70 9 6 7 8 0 100
Urban Center Population Weightage Class I
Class II
Class III
Class IV
Class V
Class VI
1% 1%
7% 14% 11%
Percentage of Class Population Residing in Class II Class III Class IV Class V 13 14 28 71 0 20 23 0 32 18 7 23 0 18 19 0 55 26 24 6 0 4 0 0 100 100 100 100
66%
Class VI 5 0 4 89 2 0 100
Class I Class II Class III Million+
Class IV
Migration Migration can be termed as the second most crucial indicator after urbanization when it comes to sectoral delineation. This indicator helps understand the movement of people across the region. It is one of the very few temporal indicators. In migrations signals good infrastructure, economy, human development and opportunities. Taluka
Migration (in & out)
Migration %
Dabhoi
-29416
-16.3
Borsad
-18828
-4.96
Karjan
-18792
-11.21
Halol
13950
5.86
Anand
19864
3.26
Vadodara
52665
2.62
Vadodara scores high when it comes to absolute migration figures. This has a lot to do with a strong presence of APMC market, national level institutions such as the Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Laxmivilas Palace etc. Vadodara is not just an economic or tranport node but is culturally ahead and a major education hub in the state of Gujarat.
Urban Work Force Participation Urban work force participation= Total urban workers/ Total urban population*100 Taluka
WFP % (2001)
WFP % (2011)
Godhra
27.56
31.19
Vadodara
32.16
89.84
Vaghodia
46.1
36.63
48.23
45.86
Anklav
For understanding & perspective, Work Force Participation of: India = 35.3% Gujarat = 35.7% Study area average = 35.41% So, to one can conclude that in terms of WFP, the performance of VMR is at par with the state as well as the nation.
Delineation Methodology
Step 1 Selection of indicators, some positive, some negative: i) Urban population density (+ve) ii) Urbanization (+ve) iii) Migration (+ve) iv) Urban WFP (+ve) v) Urban Literacy (+ve) vi) Urban Sex Ratio (-ve)
Step 2 Identifying study area average for all the indicators: i) 4130 p/sq km ii) 24.36% iii) 11083 persons iv) 35.71% v) 85.27% vi) 930:1000
Step 3
DELINEATION
Talukas with performance less than VMR average (barring sex ratio where more than VMR average) were discarded. The idea of this sectoral delineation was to take forward good performing talukas ahead.
* Few talukas were included just because of contiguity factor. Their indicator wise performance have not played a role.
Final Delineation
Taluka
Amod Anand Anklav Balasinor Bharuch Borsad Dabhoi Devgadh Baria Ghoghamba Godhra Halol Jambughoda Jambusar Kalol Karjan Khambhat Khanpur Lunavada Mahudha Matar Morva Nadiad Padra Petlad Sankheda Savli Shahera Sinor Sojitra Tarapur Thasara Umreth Vadodara Vaghodia Vagra Virpur
Delineation Matrix
Urban Population density Urbanization Migration Urban Work Force Participation Literacy Sex Ratio
Included
Contiguous
Removed
In all, the sectoral delineation resulted in identifying 20 talukas which would stay in the VMR region. Others were discarded only on the basis of secondary data analysis. Also, what we see is that 7 out of these 20 talukas are included just because they help maintaining the contiguity. Their inclusion is questionable and the delineation will strengthen further only when primary perception study is done through field visit and stakeholder interviews and analysis.
Stakeholder Analysis
Landuse shift moving from Godhra to Halol
Built form at Dahej due to SEZ influence
Regional scale education institute like Parul at Vaghodia