How walkable is B. B. D. Bagh?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
B. B. D. Bagh has a walkability score of 94 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 most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Kolkata, which scores 81 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,533 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of B. B. D. Bagh. The nearest grocery is Sasta Grocery, about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- Patanjali Chikitsalaya7 min
- Ashok Nilay Nivedita College of education 7 min
- Limelight Restaurant and Bar3 min
- Pushti Tushti Food Packaging3 min
- Apollo Pharmacy BBD Bagh3 min
- Anglo Swiss Watch Co.3 min
- Jain Tea Co4 min
- Share market4 min
- HDFC Bank3 min
- ICICI Bank3 min
- Raj Bhavan Complex7 min
- Millennium Park8 min
- Welland Gouldsmith School10 min
- Ling Liang High School13 min
- Indian Statistical Inst13 min
- Al Harmain Publications16 min
- The Royal Reception3 min
- The RBI Museum4 min
Measured from the mapped centre of B. B. D. Bagh at 22.5719, 88.3491. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 113 street intersections per km², and blocks average 68 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across B. B. D. Bagh
- 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 B. B. D. Bagh. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Kolkata
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Esplanade | 950 m | 88 |
| Alipore | 5.3 km | 83 |
| Tollygunge | 8.2 km | 86 |
| Jadavpur | 8.8 km | 91 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Kolkata page.
Questions about walking in B. B. D. Bagh
Is B. B. D. Bagh walkable?
Yes. B. B. D. Bagh in Kolkata has a walkability score of 94 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 B. B. D. Bagh more walkable than the rest of Kolkata?
B. B. D. Bagh is more walkable than Kolkata as a whole: it scores 94, against 81 for the 5 km around Kolkata's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Kolkata neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Kolkata?
Of the 5 Kolkata neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are B. B. D. Bagh (94), Jadavpur (91) and Esplanade (88).
How is the walkability score of B. B. D. Bagh 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 B. B. D. Bagh it is the average of 49 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.