How walkable is Jadavpur?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Jadavpur has a walkability score of 91 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 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Kolkata, which scores 81 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
849 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Jadavpur. The nearest grocery is Jadavpur CIT Market, about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Ingroceries14 min
- J.S. Enterprise ( Rice Wholesaler )17 min
- Banzara2 min
- Mio Amore2 min
- Lokenath Paper House2 min
- Charu Medical Hall2 min
- Cafe Golpo Gujob1 min
- Indian Coffee House - Jadavpur2 min
- Bank of Baroda1 min
- Punjab National Bank ATM2 min
- Unnamed park7 min
- Viveknagar Kalibari Math12 min
- Sunflower Montessori School and Day Care6 min
- EuroKids Preschool Jadavpur, Best Kindergarten7 min
- Jadavpur University13 min
- Milan Chakra Granthagar13 min
- K.P. Basu Memorial Hall6 min
- Indumati Sabha Griha8 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Jadavpur at 22.4955, 88.3709. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 259 street intersections per km², and blocks average 50 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Jadavpur
- 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 Jadavpur. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Kolkata
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Tollygunge | 2.6 km | 86 |
| Alipore | 5.3 km | 83 |
| Esplanade | 7.8 km | 88 |
| B. B. D. Bagh | 8.8 km | 94 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Kolkata page.
Questions about walking in Jadavpur
Is Jadavpur walkable?
Yes. Jadavpur in Kolkata has a walkability score of 91 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 Jadavpur more walkable than the rest of Kolkata?
Jadavpur is more walkable than Kolkata as a whole: it scores 91, against 81 for the 5 km around Kolkata's centre. It ranks 2nd 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 Jadavpur 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 Jadavpur it is the average of 60 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.