How walkable is Palavakkam, Chennai?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Palavakkam has a walkability score of 72 out of 100 across the 950 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 15th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Chennai, with 1 other, which scores 83 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
375 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Palavakkam. The nearest grocery is about 19 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for groceries and books & libraries.
Groceries
- Kovai Pazhamudir Nilayam - Perungudi, Chennai, 23 min
- Nilgiris, 26 min
Restaurants & bars
- Jonah's Bistro, 2 min
- Haagen Dazs ECR, 2 min
Shopping
- Prestige Xclusive - Palavakkam, 1 min
- Dell Exclusive Store - East Coast Road, Palavakkam, 1 min
Coffee
- Starbucks, 2 min
- Cafe Coffee Day, 12 min
Banks
- Suryoday Small Finance Bank Limited - MFI Branch, 3 min
- HDFC Bank ATM, 4 min
Parks
- TANSIDCO Eco Park, Perungudi, 11 min
- Thirumalai Nagar Park, 23 min
Schools
- Eurokids, 11 min
- Kaligi Ranganathan Montford Matric Hr Sec School, Kolathur, 15 min
Books & libraries
Culture & entertainment
- Wiele and Klein at Madras Square, 9 min
- G3 Studios Music, 20 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Palavakkam, Chennai at 12.9600, 80.2560. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 215 street intersections per km², and blocks average 60 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Palavakkam, Chennai
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 950 m around the centre of Palavakkam, Chennai. Rings mark 450 m and 950 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Chennai
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Perungudi | 2 km | 70 |
| Thiruvanmiyur | 3 km | 84 |
| Besant Nagar | 4.6 km | 88 |
| Adyar | 5.2 km | 88 |
| Adambakkam | 5.7 km | 75 |
| Madipakkam | 6.1 km | 72 |
| Puzhuthivakkam | 6.7 km | 77 |
| Saidapet | 7.6 km | 79 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of Chennai ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Palavakkam, Chennai
Is Palavakkam walkable?
Yes. Palavakkam in Chennai has a walkability score of 72 out of 100 across the 950 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Palavakkam more walkable than the rest of Chennai?
Palavakkam is less walkable than Chennai as a whole: it scores 72, against 83 for the 5 km around Chennai's centre. It is the joint 15th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Chennai, with 1 other on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Chennai?
Of the 20 Chennai neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Egmore (93), Kodambakkam (92) and Chetpet (90).
How is the walkability score of Palavakkam 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 Palavakkam it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 950 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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