--- title: "Palavakkam, Chennai walkability score: 72/100 · How Walkable" description: "Palavakkam in Chennai scores 72/100 for walkability (Very Walkable). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Chennai." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/chennai/palavakkam updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [India](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india) 3. [Chennai](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/chennai) 4. Palavakkam # How walkable is Palavakkam, Chennai? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 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. 72 out of 100: Very Walkable Most errands can be accomplished on foot. * #15 of 20 tied, in Chennai * 83 Chennai overall * 75 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=12.95999&lon=80.25603&q=Palavakkam%2C%20Chennai) ## 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 0.6 of 3 points * A1Chips OMR - Perungudi, 19 min * Kovai Pazhamudir Nilayam - Perungudi, Chennai, 23 min * Nilgiris, 26 min ### Restaurants & bars 2.9 of 3 points * Roast at ECR, 2 min * Jonah's Bistro, 2 min * Haagen Dazs ECR, 2 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Messiah Fashion, 1 min * Prestige Xclusive - Palavakkam, 1 min * Dell Exclusive Store - East Coast Road, Palavakkam, 1 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * Café Coffee Day, 2 min * Starbucks, 2 min * Cafe Coffee Day, 12 min ### Banks 1.0 of 1 point * ICICI Bank, 2 min * Suryoday Small Finance Bank Limited - MFI Branch, 3 min * HDFC Bank ATM, 4 min ### Parks 0.8 of 1 point * Palavakkam Play Ground, 8 min * TANSIDCO Eco Park, Perungudi, 11 min * Thirumalai Nagar Park, 23 min ### Schools 0.8 of 1 point * EuroKids Preschool Chaitanya avenue, Best Kindergarten, 8 min * Eurokids, 11 min * Kaligi Ranganathan Montford Matric Hr Sec School, Kolathur, 15 min ### Books & libraries 0.1 of 1 point * BookWorld Lending Library, Neelankarai, 21 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * VGP Universal Kingdom, 5 min * 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 ![Walkability scores across the 950 m around the centre of Palavakkam. 75% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 53, is 950 m to the east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/india/chennai/palavakkam.svg?v=c5e655781745) 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](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/chennai/perungudi) | 2 km | 70 | | [Thiruvanmiyur](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/chennai/neighbourhoods#thiruvanmiyur) | 3 km | 84 | | [Besant Nagar](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/chennai/neighbourhoods#besant-nagar) | 4.6 km | 88 | | [Adyar](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/chennai/adyar) | 5.2 km | 88 | | [Adambakkam](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/chennai/neighbourhoods#adambakkam) | 5.7 km | 75 | | [Madipakkam](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/chennai/madipakkam) | 6.1 km | 72 | | [Puzhuthivakkam](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/chennai/neighbourhoods#puzhuthivakkam) | 6.7 km | 77 | | [Saidapet](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/chennai/neighbourhoods#saidapet) | 7.6 km | 79 | See [all 20 neighbourhoods of Chennai ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/chennai/neighbourhoods). ## 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Palavakkam, Chennai?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.