as of the 2011 census, vadodara had a population of 1,670,806 and the metropolitan area had a population of 2,065,771. gujarati, urdu, marathi and hindi are the widely spoken languages in vadodara. vadodara has the oldest cricket ground in asia, the moti baug stadium. vadodara is the birthplace of cricketers like yusuf pathan, irfan pathan, nayan mongia, deepak hooda, hardik pandya, krunal pandya, ambati rayudu and kiran more.