Local businesses in Chandigarh
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- IT and company offices: 4
- Sab Hi Digital; CPMG; Punjab Kesari Group; Junglewks trail
- Government offices: 13
- Muncipal Corporation Office; SDOs' Offices; Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission; Bjp; Haryana Human Rights Commission; Punjab Mandi Board; Survey of India; Vit te Yojna Bhawan; Haryana Information Commission; Municipal corporation
- Colleges and universities: 29
- Government College of Art; University Institute of Engineering and Technology; Government Industrial Training Institute; Guru Gobind College for Women; Panjab University; Punjab Engineering College; Regional Institute of Cooperative Management; Sri Guru Gobind Singh College; Ch. Devi Lal Centre of Learning; Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women
- Workshops and craft businesses: 2
- Asian Paints Colour Academy; The Brew Estate
- Finance, insurance and legal offices: 2
- LLM Advocates
- Banks: 25
- Cemtral bank of India; Cooperative Bank; House; Reserve Bank of India; Punjab & Sind Bank; Oriental Bank of Commerce; South Indian Bank; IDFC First Bank; Yes Bank; Syndicate Bank
- Hospitals: 52
- GMSH Sector-16; Civil Hospital-Sector 22; Landmark Hospital; PGI Chandigarh; Mukat Hospital and Heart Institute; Rameshwara Hospital; ARV Othopaedic Hospital; Air Force Hospital; Arthoscopy and Spinal Endoscopy Centre; Ashwini Maternity Hospital
Chandigarh facts
- Population, 2011 Census
- 10,55,450
- Area
- about 114 sq km, about 350 m above sea level
- People
- 818 females per 1,000 males; 86.77% literacy
- PIN codes
- 160017 (Chandigarh )
- Places nearby
- Parrot Bird Sanctuary (bird sanctuary, 1 km), Sector 16 Stadium (cricket stadium, 1 km), Zakir Husain Rose Garden (botanical garden, 1 km), Government Museum and Art Gallery (museum, 2 km)
- History
- The name means fort of Chandi, taken from a village whose temple to the goddess Chandi still stands at Chandi Mandir.
- Education
- Chandigarh's institutions include Panjab University, PGIMER, Punjab Engineering College and IISER.
- Local economy
- Chandigarh is among India's wealthier cities, and the Reserve Bank of India ranked it the third-largest deposit centre in the country in 2012.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.