Local businesses in Chennai
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3 km of the city centre.
- Finance, insurance and legal offices: 18
- A.Narayanan; 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
- Banks: 113
- 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; Citibank
- Hospitals: 84
- 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; Dr. U. Mohan Rau Memorial Hospital - Chennai; Government Rsrm Lying Hospital
- Car and motorcycle dealers: 14
- DCS Royal Enfield; Malinisri Bajaj; G.T. Bikes; Jap Bikes; Madras Auto Service; Motor World; Sri Sai Shival Motors; VST Grandeur; Tata; Royal Enfield
- Real estate agents: 2
- Visionation Property Care; Lodha Estates and Finance
- Clinics: 44
- 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; Dr. Sridharan Clinic; Joseph Eye Clinic
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)
- 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.
- 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.