Local businesses in Chennai
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3 km of the city centre.
- IT and company offices: 10
- Blaze Dream Technologies Pvt Ltd; MOTOR FINANCE CORPORATION; Data Software Research Company Pvt. Ltd.; Sundaram Towers; VFS Global Services Pvt. Ltd.; Akshaya Shanthi; Ashok LCD service; EMPEE GROUP OF COMPANY; Maaya Systems
- Government offices: 33
- Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Head Office; Commercial Tax Offices; Tamil Nadu Government Legislature & Secretariat; Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board; Tamilnadu uniform recruitment board; Wakf House; Chennai District Collector's Office; Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board; Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board; Custom House
- Colleges and universities: 21
- Quaid-E-Millath College for Women; MOP Vaishnav College for Women; Dr Ambedkar Law College; Womens Christian College; Madras Veterinary College; University of Madras (Chepauk); Bharathi Womens College; NIIT; Arts College Hostel; Ethiraj Annex
- Workshops and craft businesses: 13
- Afloat Engineers; De Lachocolate Confectionery; Ganapathi Traders; Ganesh Radio Repair; K. Arulbalaj Studio; K. Arun Digital Studio; Makhan Bhog - The World of Sweetness; Mint Video DIgital Studio; Puja Digital Studio; R. Balaji Studio
- Finance, insurance and legal offices: 18
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of India; DM Law Associates; KRISHNAMURTHY; R. Anand; Rohit Krishna; S. Prakashchand Jain Advocates; Themis Attorneys; United India Insurance Company; National Insurance Company; Life Insurance Corporation
- Hospitals: 84
- Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital; Aditya Hospital, Chennai; K.J. Hospital; Kumaran Hospital Pvt.Ltd.; The Arya Vysya Meternity Home and Child Welfare Centre; hiba specility hospital; Amrit Hospital; Apollo Childrens Hospital; Kasturibai Gandhi Hospital; Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital
- Banks: 113
- The Tamil Nadu Circle Co-operative Bank; Vellala Co-operative Bank; Scope International Offices; State Bank of India Zonal Office; Chennai Central Cooperative Bank; digibank by DBS; Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited; Dhanlaxmi Bank; City Union Bank; HSBC
Chennai facts
- District
- Chennai district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 46,46,732
- Area
- about 426830040 sq km, about 6 m above sea level
- PIN codes
- 600001 (Chennai ), 600016 (Chennai Airport)
- Places nearby
- Park Town (neighborhood of Chennai, India, 1 km), Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai) (multipurpose stadium, 1 km), Chennakesava Perumal Temple (perumal temple, 1 km), Mallikesvarar Temple (shiva temple, 1 km)
- History
- The name Chennai comes from Chennappa Nayaka, whose territory the British East India Company took on lease in 1639.
- Culture and food
- Tamils are the majority in Chennai, alongside communities of Telugus, Marwaris, Gujaratis, Parsis, Sindhis, Odias, Goans, Kannadigas, Bengalis, Punjabis and Malayalees.
- Geography
- Chennai lies on the Eastern Coastal Plains at an average elevation of about 6.7 m.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.