Local businesses in Chennai
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3 km of the city centre.
- Hospitals: 84
- 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; Chennai Corporation Hospital; Chennai National Hospital
- Hotels and lodges: 123
- Taj Club House Chennai; Greens Suite; Hotel Park Plaza; Ammu Palace; GP Mansion; Udayar Mansion; Metro Palace; Taj Connemara; Taj Coromandel; APOLO GUEST HOUSE
- Restaurants and cafes: 326
- Writers Cafe; China Town Restaurant; IRCTC; ARAVIND Traveler's Coffee; Adyar Anand Bhavan; BBQ Bro's; Star Biryani; Saravanaa Bhavan; Abid's Restaurant; Namma Veedu Vasanta Bhavan
- Banks: 113
- VIJAYA BANK & DUGAR FINANCE INDIA LTD; 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
- Schools: 91
- Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School; PM Shri Kendriya Vidyalaya Island Grounds; Wesley Higher Secondary School; St. Mary's Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School; K. Ramiah Chetty A.R.C. Girl's Higher Secondary School; St. Columbans Anglo-Indian Matriculation School; B.S. Nursery and Primary School; C.S.I. Anderson Rajagopaul Girls Higher Secondary School; Chennai Corporation School; Christ Church Anglo Indian High Secondary School
- Real estate agents: 2
- Visionation Property Care; Lodha Estates and Finance
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.