How walkable is Perungudi, Chennai?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Perungudi has a walkability score of 70 out of 100 across the 1.2 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 17th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Chennai, which scores 83 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
371 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Perungudi. The nearest grocery is about 14 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, coffee and banks. It is weakest for culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Kovai Pazhamudir Nilayam - Perungudi, Chennai, 18 min
- Nuts N Spices, 26 min
Restaurants & bars
- Domino's Pizza, 4 min
- Subway, 5 min
Shopping
- Menly Clothing, 6 min
- Jockey Exclusive Store, 9 min
Coffee
- Chai Point, 6 min
- Café Coffee Day, 6 min
Banks
- ICICI Bank, 6 min
- Indian Overseas Bank - ATM, 8 min
Parks
- GCC Park, KPK Nagar, 13 min
- Thirumalai Nagar Park, 18 min
Schools
- Little Millennium, 14 min
- Little Elly, 16 min
Books & libraries
- Roja Muthiah Research Library, 24 min
- Boothalingam Library, 28 min
Culture & entertainment
- VGP Universal Kingdom, 30 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Perungudi, Chennai at 12.9710, 80.2418. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 191 street intersections per km², and blocks average 69 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Perungudi, Chennai
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.2 km around the centre of Perungudi, Chennai. Rings mark 600 m and 1.2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Chennai
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Palavakkam | 2 km | 72 |
| Thiruvanmiyur | 3 km | 84 |
| Adambakkam | 3.8 km | 75 |
| Besant Nagar | 4.3 km | 88 |
| Adyar | 4.3 km | 88 |
| Madipakkam | 4.7 km | 72 |
| Puzhuthivakkam | 4.9 km | 77 |
| Saidapet | 5.9 km | 79 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of Chennai ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Perungudi, Chennai
Is Perungudi walkable?
Yes. Perungudi in Chennai has a walkability score of 70 out of 100 across the 1.2 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Perungudi more walkable than the rest of Chennai?
Perungudi is less walkable than Chennai as a whole: it scores 70, against 83 for the 5 km around Chennai's centre. It is the 17th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Chennai 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 Perungudi 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 Perungudi it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1.2 km 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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