How walkable is Chembur?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Chembur has a walkability score of 92 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 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Mumbai, which scores 76 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
748 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Chembur. The nearest grocery is Patanjali Arogya Kendra, about a minute away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and schools.
- Paras General Stores 6 min
- Big Bazaar6 min
- KFC3 min
- Hotel Saroj and Sweet Mart3 min
- Oculus Dr. Mukherjee's Eye Clinic3 min
- My Idea Store3 min
- Third Wave Coffee3 min
- Café Coffee Day4 min
- Axis Bank3 min
- YES Bank ATM3 min
- Diamond Garden4 min
- Unnamed park8 min
- Mount Litera2 min
- Foundree Preschool and Daycare2 min
- The Learning Co.13 min
- Chaubey Book Stall and Puja Samagri Store19 min
- Sivaswamy Auditorium of the Fine Arts Society12 min
- Natraj Cinema14 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Chembur at 19.0548, 72.8980. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 233 street intersections per km², and blocks average 52 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Chembur
- 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 Chembur. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Mumbai
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Dharavi | 4.3 km | 89 |
| Bandra | 7.1 km | 94 |
| Parel | 7.8 km | 94 |
| Juhu | 9.4 km | 92 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Mumbai page.
Questions about walking in Chembur
Is Chembur walkable?
Yes. Chembur in Mumbai has a walkability score of 92 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 Chembur more walkable than the rest of Mumbai?
Chembur is more walkable than Mumbai as a whole: it scores 92, against 76 for the 5 km around Mumbai's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Mumbai neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Mumbai?
Of the 5 Mumbai neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Bandra (94), Parel (94) and Chembur (92).
How is the walkability score of Chembur 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 Chembur 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.