How walkable is Chandni Chowk?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Chandni Chowk has a walkability score of 93 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 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Delhi, which scores 70 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,092 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Chandni Chowk. The nearest grocery is Patanjali Chikitsalay, about 3 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Rastogi General Store6 min
- Iris Park Hotel9 min
- Wah Ji Wah1 min
- Keventers Chandni Chowk1 min
- Forward Watch and Optical Company1 min
- Kala Shree Regalia1 min
- Starbucks2 min
- Lan Shack Gaming Cafe3 min
- Muthoot FinCorp Gold Loan1 min
- Kotak Mahindra Bank ATM1 min
- Company Bagh7 min
- Unnamed park7 min
- Aspiration Coaching Class.Tuition(Center)& Home tuition. Nios Tuition Is Also Av8 min
- Aziz Memorial School11 min
- Hardayal Municipal Public Library6 min
- All India Book House7 min
- Mirza Galib Haveli11 min
- Jagat Cinema-Jama Masjid13 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Chandni Chowk at 28.6560, 77.2322. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 186 street intersections per km², and blocks average 66 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Chandni Chowk
- 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 Chandni Chowk. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Delhi
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chawri Bazar | 700 m | 93 |
| Connaught Place | 3 km | 94 |
| Raisina Hill | 5.4 km | 68 |
| Chanakyapuri | 8 km | 70 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Delhi page.
Questions about walking in Chandni Chowk
Is Chandni Chowk walkable?
Yes. Chandni Chowk in Delhi has a walkability score of 93 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 Chandni Chowk more walkable than the rest of Delhi?
Chandni Chowk is more walkable than Delhi as a whole: it scores 93, against 70 for the 5 km around Delhi's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Delhi neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Delhi?
Of the 5 Delhi neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Connaught Place (94), Chawri Bazar (93) and Chandni Chowk (93).
How is the walkability score of Chandni Chowk 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 Chandni Chowk it is the average of 59 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.