How walkable is Raisina Hill?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Raisina Hill has a walkability score of 68 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Delhi, which scores 70 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
402 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Raisina Hill. The nearest grocery is Pandey's Paan, about 15 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for shopping, banks, parks and culture & entertainment.
- Patanjali Chikitsalaya28 min
- Lahore Bakery7 min
- Wow! Momo8 min
- Project Virasat5 min
- Cathedral Nursery School6 min
- Dilli Sweet House12 min
- Café Coffee Day17 min
- IFFCO Kisan Finance8 min
- IndusInd Bank8 min
- Prime Chowk11 min
- Talkatora Gardens19 min
- Academy Of Music8 min
- saurav Raj8 min
- Parliament Library9 min
- National Institute of Public Finance and Policy12 min
- Rain Tree Banquets7 min
- Mavalankar Auditorium17 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Raisina Hill at 28.6141, 77.2040. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 81 street intersections per km², and blocks average 88 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Raisina Hill
- 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 Raisina Hill. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Delhi
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Connaught Place | 2.5 km | 94 |
| Chanakyapuri | 2.6 km | 70 |
| Chawri Bazar | 4.7 km | 93 |
| Chandni Chowk | 5.4 km | 93 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Delhi page.
Questions about walking in Raisina Hill
Is Raisina Hill walkable?
Partly. Raisina Hill in Delhi has a walkability score of 68 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Raisina Hill more walkable than the rest of Delhi?
Raisina Hill is about as walkable as Delhi as a whole: it scores 68, against 70 for the 5 km around Delhi's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Raisina Hill 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 Raisina Hill it is the average of 58 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.