Local businesses in Amritsar
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 94
- Makhan Fish Corner; crafty bean(Amritsar); Baked Incarnation; Bansal Bakers; Ramesh Sharma Sweet Shop; Beera Chicken House; Khalsa Kulchya Wale; Surjit Kulcha Bhandar; Anand Kulcha Bhandar; Bade Bhai Ka Brothers' Dhaba
- Hotels and lodges: 85
- Blue Eye Backpackers Hostel; Hotel Magnum; Hotel Khurana (correct location); Inndia boutique Hostel; Hotel Hong Kong Inn; Infa Hotel; Mye Homestay; N. Railway Ticket Office; Courtyard by Marriott Amritsar; Mrs. Bhandari Guest House
- Clothing shops: 9
- Maahi Mukesh Mehra; shalini's creation; Sardar Pagdi House; Bansal Collection; Mahajan Cloth Store; H&M
- Jewellers: 1
- Harbhajan Jewellers
- Salons and beauty shops: 1
- Allure Infinite Beauty
- Clinics: 8
- Amandeep Hospital; DR RANJIT ORTHOCARE CENTRE; Dhruv Nursing Home; Dr. Jasjit Chhachhi Nursing Home; Om Prakash Eye Institute; Sachdeva Nursing Home, Amritsar; Sen Nursing Home; Nimaan Medical Center
- Electronics and mobile shops: 4
- Kohli Enterprises (Realmi Service Centre); vodafone main store; Jio; airtel
Amritsar facts
- District
- Amritsar district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 11,32,383
- Area
- about 170 sq km, about 234 m above sea level
- PIN codes
- 143001 (Amritsar Kty)
- Places nearby
- Durgiana Temple (Hindu temple, 1 km), Central Sikh Museum (Sikh museum, 3 km), Golden Temple (Sikh religious site, 3 km), Gurdwara Baba Atal (Sikh temple, 3 km)
- Culture and food
- Amritsar is the holiest city of Sikhism and draws pilgrims from across the world. Sikhism and Hinduism are the two main religions, and most residents speak Punjabi.
- History
- The city takes its name from Amrit Sarovar, the Pool of Nectar around the Golden Temple, and was founded by Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh guru, as Ramdaspur.
- Education
- Guru Nanak Dev University, Khalsa College, the Government Medical College and an Indian Institute of Management are in Amritsar.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.