The most walkable neighbourhoods in Hyderabad
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
20 neighbourhoods of Hyderabad ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. Himayatnagar leads with 93/100, then Sultan Bazar (92) and Abids (92). 17 of the 20 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Barkas (20).
| # | Neighbourhood | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Himayatnagar | 93 |
| 2 | Sultan Bazar | 92 |
| 2 | Abids | 92 |
| 2 | Jubilee Hills | 92 |
| 5 | Basheerbagh | 91 |
| 6 | Afzal Gunj | 90 |
| 7 | Chikkadpally | 89 |
| 7 | Banjara Hills | 89 |
| 9 | Khairtabad | 87 |
| 9 | Film Nagar | 87 |
| 11 | Dilsukhnagar | 86 |
| 12 | Kukatpally | 84 |
| 12 | Chaderghat | 84 |
| 14 | Dabeerpura | 79 |
| 15 | Erragadda | 76 |
| 15 | Malakpet | 76 |
| 17 | Begumpet | 71 |
| 18 | Alwal | 62 |
| 18 | Karmanghat | 62 |
| 20 | Barkas | 20 |
"From the centre" is the distance from Hyderabad's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot.
The top 5 up close
Himayatnagar
Himayatnagar scores 93/100, 1.6 km north-east of Hyderabad's busiest point. It has the most cultural venues of the five: 28 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art, about 6 minutes away.
Sultan Bazar
Sultan Bazar scores 92/100, 1.4 km south-east of Hyderabad's busiest point. None of the others has as many banks, with 159 in a 30 minute walk; Attapur Hyd is the nearest, about 4 minutes away. Its thinnest category against the others is cafés, with 19.
Abids
Abids is the most central of these five, 350 m south-east of Hyderabad's busiest point, and scores 92/100. Shops are where it leads the others, 670 of them within a 30 minute walk, starting with New Meena Bazar, about a minute away.
Jubilee Hills
Jubilee Hills lies the furthest out of these five, 8.1 km north-west of Hyderabad's busiest point, and scores 92/100. It has the most cafés of the five: 69 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest Stellar Reserve Coffee & Fine Dining, about 2 minutes away. Its thinnest category against the others is libraries and bookshops, with 2. More on Jubilee Hills.
Basheerbagh
Basheerbagh scores 91/100, 1.5 km north of Hyderabad's busiest point. 975 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 12 minutes away.
Centre and outskirts
The 9 neighbourhoods within 3 km of Hyderabad's centre average 89, and the 11 further out average 73, so walkability falls away from the centre. The nearest to the centre, Abids, 350 m away, scores 92, and the farthest, Kukatpally, 13.5 km out, scores 84.
Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Hyderabad.
Hyderabad as a whole scores 78 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre. Other cities in India with ranked neighbourhoods: Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Visakhapatnam.
Questions about Hyderabad's neighbourhoods
What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Hyderabad?
Himayatnagar is the most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods we rank in Hyderabad, with a walkability score of 93 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise). It is followed by Sultan Bazar (92) and Abids (92).
Which neighbourhoods of Hyderabad are least walkable?
Of the 20 neighbourhoods we rank, the lowest scoring are Barkas (20), Karmanghat (62) and Alwal (62). These are the best-known neighbourhoods with their own Wikipedia articles, so less walkable outer suburbs that are not ranked may score lower still.
How are Hyderabad's neighbourhoods ranked?
Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Hyderabad scores 78 across the 5 km around its centre.
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. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata.