How walkable is Banaswadi?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Banaswadi has a walkability score of 92 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 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Bengaluru, which scores 84 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
847 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Banaswadi. The nearest grocery is Smart Furnishers, about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, banks, parks and schools.
- Ashirwad Supermarket2 min
- Grand Stores6 min
- Kanti Sweets4 min
- Sufi Restaurant and Cafe5 min
- Jockey4 min
- Gilma Service Center4 min
- Third Wave Coffee10 min
- Café Coffee Day11 min
- HDFC Bank ATM3 min
- Muthoot FinCorp Gold Loan6 min
- Unnamed park5 min
- OMBR Layout Park11 min
- Minikins'International Preschool & Daycare,HRBR Layout, Bangalore8 min
- New Shores International College8 min
- Crescent Stationery23 min
- OM Books Bengaluru27 min
- Melange Academy12 min
- Bannerghata Biological Zoo14 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Banaswadi at 13.0142, 77.6518. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 277 street intersections per km², and blocks average 62 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Banaswadi
- 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 Banaswadi. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Bengaluru
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Halasuru | 5 km | 79 |
| Hebbal | 7 km | 68 |
| Yeswanthpur | 10.7 km | 84 |
| Rajarajeshwari Nagar | 17.7 km | 80 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Bengaluru page.
Questions about walking in Banaswadi
Is Banaswadi walkable?
Yes. Banaswadi in Bengaluru has a walkability score of 92 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 Banaswadi more walkable than the rest of Bengaluru?
Banaswadi is more walkable than Bengaluru as a whole: it scores 92, against 84 for the 5 km around Bengaluru's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Bengaluru neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Bengaluru?
Of the 5 Bengaluru neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Banaswadi (92), Yeswanthpur (84) and Rajarajeshwari Nagar (80).
How is the walkability score of Banaswadi 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 Banaswadi 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.