How walkable is Tollygunge?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Tollygunge has a walkability score of 86 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Kolkata, which scores 81 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
752 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Tollygunge. The nearest grocery is MacMart, about 10 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for books & libraries.
- Patanjali Chikitsalay11 min
- Charu Market14 min
- Wow! Momo1 min
- Fatty Mamma Chinese Restaurant3 min
- Leder Land6 min
- Roland Pro Music6 min
- The Royal Bengal Tiger Cafe6 min
- Café Coffee Day6 min
- HDFC Bank ATM4 min
- ICICI Bank5 min
- Jagabir Park6 min
- New Alipore Children's Park20 min
- New Alipore Sarawati Shiksha Sadan9 min
- St FRANK HIGH SCHOOL CO-ED10 min
- Starmark28 min
- Crossword Bookstores30 min
- Usha Ganguli Mancha6 min
- Navina Cinema7 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Tollygunge at 22.4986, 88.3454. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 199 street intersections per km², and blocks average 54 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Tollygunge
- 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 Tollygunge. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Kolkata
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Jadavpur | 2.6 km | 91 |
| Alipore | 3.4 km | 83 |
| Esplanade | 7.2 km | 88 |
| B. B. D. Bagh | 8.2 km | 94 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Kolkata page.
Questions about walking in Tollygunge
Is Tollygunge walkable?
Yes. Tollygunge in Kolkata has a walkability score of 86 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Tollygunge more walkable than the rest of Kolkata?
Tollygunge is more walkable than Kolkata as a whole: it scores 86, against 81 for the 5 km around Kolkata's centre. It ranks 4th 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 Tollygunge 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 Tollygunge 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.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.