Bavla is a city as well as a municipality situated in the Ahmedabad district on the bank of the river Sabarmati in the central part of the state of Gujarat in western India. The administrative headquarters of the district are located in the city of Ahmedabad, in the northern part of the district. It is the most highly developed district in Gujarat. It has a population of 5,816,519 according to the 2001 census. 80.18% of the people live in urban areas. The language widely spoken in Ahmedabad is Gujarati, which is also the mother tongue of the State of Gujarat. The people also commonly speak Hindi. The The Mehsana, the Sabarkantha, and the Gandhinagar districts to the north, the Kheda district to the east, the Gulf of Cambay and the Bhavnagar district to the south, and the Surendranagar district to the west bound Ahmedabad District. The district has a number of taluks, namely Dholka, Barwala, Dhandhuka, Daskroi, Detroj, Sanand, Bavla, Ranpur, Mandal City and Viramgam. Some of the notable regions of the district are Vastrapur, Naranpura, Maninagar, Naroda, Paladi, Bodakdev and Navrangpura.

As per the 2001 India census, the city of Bavla has a population of 30,851. Males comprise 53% of the population and females make up 47%. Bavla has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the nationwide standard of 59.5%. 58% of the males and 42% of the females are literate. 13% of the population comprises children less than 6 years of age.