How walkable is Paldi?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Paldi has a walkability score of 91 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 1 neighbourhoods ranked in Ahmedabad, which scores 76 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
673 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Paldi. The nearest grocery is Patanjali Chikitsalay, about 9 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- Ambica Dairy14 min
- Reliance Fresh15 min
- Kaushal's3 min
- The Lio Pizza3 min
- Sakar Granito (India) Private Limited4 min
- Laptop Repairing, Macbook Repairing ( The Digital Solutions )4 min
- Cafe Coffee Day3 min
- Udipi cafe Paldi3 min
- HDFC Bank ATM1 min
- IndusInd Bank3 min
- Parimal Garden14 min
- Flower Park, Sabarmati Riverfront16 min
- Divan Ballubhai Prathmik Shala10 min
- Khyati Ninos11 min
- University Granth Nirman Board12 min
- Sydenham Library - Gujarat College15 min
- City Museum10 min
- Vintage Village Car Museum10 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Paldi at 23.0145, 72.5635. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 250 street intersections per km², and blocks average 59 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Paldi
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Paldi. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Questions about walking in Paldi
Is Paldi walkable?
Yes. Paldi in Ahmedabad has a walkability score of 91 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Paldi more walkable than the rest of Ahmedabad?
Paldi is more walkable than Ahmedabad as a whole: it scores 91, against 76 for the 5 km around Ahmedabad's centre. It ranks 1st of the 1 Ahmedabad neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
How is the walkability score of Paldi calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Paldi it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.