How walkable is Amritsar?
Amritsar has a walkability score of 88 out of 100 around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 8th most walkable of 44 cities ranked in India.
What's within walking distance
514 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Amritsar. The nearest grocery is Thukral Di Hatti, about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, shopping, banks, parks and schools.
- Thukral Di Hatti240 m · 3 min
- Dharam Singh Market1000 m · 12 min
- Patanjali Mega Store1.5 km · 19 min
- The Burgeria280 m · 4 min
- Burning Bun310 m · 4 min
- Kulcha Land410 m · 5 min
- Inder Singh Jewellers80 m · 1 min
- Dashmesh TV Centre130 m · 2 min
- Relaxo Footwears170 m · 2 min
- Cafe Coffee Day910 m · 11 min
- Cafe Green Saragarhi Sarai1.2 km · 15 min
- Starbucks1.2 km · 15 min
- Muthoot Finance Gold Loan240 m · 3 min
- ICICI Bank390 m · 5 min
- Punjab National Bank - CDM490 m · 6 min
- Jallianwala Bagh490 m · 6 min
- Unnamed park680 m · 8 min
- Gobindgarh Fort2.3 km · 29 min
- Ajit Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School160 m · 2 min
- Little Eric Pre School430 m · 5 min
- Little Millennium Preschool - Amritsar, Ajit Nagar540 m · 7 min
- Shri Guru Ramdas Library870 m · 11 min
- Singh Book Store1.1 km · 14 min
- Ahuja Book Depot1.5 km · 19 min
- OYO Sita Niwas Parking640 m · 8 min
- Central Sikh Museum1000 m · 12 min
- HopUp Amritsar1.3 km · 16 min
Measured from the representative point at 31.6178, 74.8845. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the representative point there are about 309 street intersections per km², and blocks average 52 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability around the centre
Scores at seven points within 1 km of the centre range from 73 to 97, and Amritsar's score of 88 is their median.
| Point | Score | Map |
|---|---|---|
| City centre | 97 | Map |
| 1 km north | 96 | Map |
| 1 km east-northeast | 89 | Map |
| 1 km east-southeast | 88 | Map |
| 1 km south | 73 | Map |
| 1 km west-southwest | 85 | Map |
| 1 km west-northwest | 86 | Map |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lahore, Pakistan | 50 km | 58 |
| Ludhiana, India | 122 km | 84 |
| Faisalabad, Pakistan | 171 km | 67 |
| Srinagar, India | 274 km | 66 |
| Rawalpindi, Pakistan | 279 km | 61 |
Questions about walking in Amritsar
Is Amritsar a walkable city?
Yes. Central Amritsar has a walkability score of 88 out of 100, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It ranks 8th of 44 cities in India and 146th of 252 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in India?
Thāne is the most walkable of the 44 cities ranked in India, with a score of 96. Amritsar ranks 8th with 88.
How does Amritsar compare with nearby cities?
Amritsar is more walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: Amritsar scores 88, against Lahore (58, 50 km away), Ludhiana (84, 122 km away) and Faisalabad (67, 171 km away).
How is Amritsar's walkability score 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 Amritsar it is the median of seven points within 1 km of the city centre, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. City position and population from GeoNames.