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
- 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
- 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
- Clothing shops: 211
- Ramyyam; Arbuda Traders; Ashok Traders; Atlas Tools Center; Gandhi Hosiery; Gayathri Agencies; Kamals; Manpasand; Mehar Wedding Gallery; Nicobar
- Banks: 113
- 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; Citibank; Punjab & Sind Bank
- Finance, insurance and legal offices: 18
- United India Building; MOTOR FINANCE CORPORATION ; The Oriental Insurance Company; Institute of Chartered Accountants of India; DM Law Associates; KRISHNAMURTHY; R. Anand; Rohit Krishna; S. Prakashchand Jain Advocates; Themis Attorneys
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)
- Culture and food
- Tamils are the majority in Chennai, alongside communities of Telugus, Marwaris, Gujaratis, Parsis, Sindhis, Odias, Goans, Kannadigas, Bengalis, Punjabis and Malayalees.
- History
- The name Chennai comes from Chennappa Nayaka, whose territory the British East India Company took on lease in 1639.
- Education
- Chennai is a major education hub, with a literacy rate of about 90 per cent.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.