Local businesses in Chennai
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3 km of the city centre.
- Hospitals: 84
- 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; Chennai Corporation Hospital
- Clinics: 44
- Nungambakkam Dispensary CandB Block; Perambur Dispensary; Hemakamal Nursing Home; Dr. Ilavarasan Ortho Clinic; RIDA Physiotherapy Clinic; Subam Clinic; C.U. Shah Clinic And Diagnostic Center; Dr Ravishankars Eye Clinic and Nursing Home; Dr. A Manivannan Clinic; Dr. Arjun Thomas Clinic
- Pharmacies: 50
- Shub Pharmacy; Smith Stocking & Co; Vema Medicals; APOLLO pharmacy Chindatripet; Azeez Medicals; City Medicals; Akshathaa Medical; Alahu Pharmacy; Ameer Medicals; Arrahman Medicals and Surgicals
- Dental clinics: 16
- Dental Icons; Ranganathan Dental Clinic; Thirty 2 Dental Centre; Bohra Tooth Palace; Aakash Dental Care; Broadway Dental & Face Care; Chindamani Dentral Centre; Dr. S. Aadil Ahamed; Fakhri Dental Clinic; Gangasri Dental Clinic
- Medical supply and optical shops: 26
- S. S. Eye Hospital; Amar Optics; City Opticals; Clarity Optics; G. K. Opticals; Gujurat Opticals; L.P. Traders; Malar Opticians; Murugan Surgicals; Namo Opticals
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.
- Education
- Chennai is a major education hub, with a literacy rate of about 90 per cent.
- History
- The name Chennai comes from Chennappa Nayaka, whose territory the British East India Company took on lease in 1639.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.