How walkable is Alwal, Hyderabad?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Alwal has a walkability score of 62 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 joint 18th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Hyderabad, with 1 other, which scores 78 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
138 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Alwal. The nearest grocery is about 6 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, shopping, banks and schools. It is weakest for coffee and parks.
Groceries
- Reliance Fresh, 6 min
- Patanjali Arogya Kendra, 7 min
Restaurants & bars
- Ganesh Food Court, 6 min
- Ganesh Bakery, 7 min
Shopping
- Medplus, 3 min
- Apollo Pharmacy Srinivas Nagar, 5 min
Coffee
Banks
- Axis Bank Branch, 6 min
- South Indian Bank, 8 min
Parks
Schools
- The I school Edumeta Alwal, 7 min
- Geeta High School, 8 min
Books & libraries
Culture & entertainment
- Narthaki Movie Max, 17 min
- Select Talkies Theatre, 17 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Alwal, Hyderabad at 17.5022, 78.5089. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 307 street intersections per km², and blocks average 49 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Alwal, Hyderabad
- 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 Alwal, Hyderabad. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Hyderabad
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Begumpet | 7.9 km | 71 |
| Erragadda | 9.8 km | 76 |
| Kukatpally | 11 km | 84 |
| Khairtabad | 11.2 km | 87 |
| Himayatnagar | 11.3 km | 93 |
| Basheerbagh | 11.3 km | 91 |
| Chikkadpally | 11.3 km | 89 |
| Banjara Hills | 11.9 km | 89 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of Hyderabad ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Alwal, Hyderabad
Is Alwal walkable?
Partly. Alwal in Hyderabad has a walkability score of 62 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Alwal more walkable than the rest of Hyderabad?
Alwal is less walkable than Hyderabad as a whole: it scores 62, against 78 for the 5 km around Hyderabad's centre. It is the joint 18th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Hyderabad, with 1 other on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Hyderabad?
Of the 20 Hyderabad neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Himayatnagar (93), Sultan Bazar (92), Abids (92) and Jubilee Hills (92).
How is the walkability score of Alwal 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 Alwal it is the average of 61 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. 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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