Local businesses in Chennai
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 326
- Mash; Writers Cafe; China Town Restaurant; IRCTC; ARAVIND Traveler's Coffee; Adyar Anand Bhavan; BBQ Bro's; Star Biryani; Saravanaa Bhavan; Abid's Restaurant
- Hotels and lodges: 123
- SPOT ON OYO RKH Inn; The Park Avenue Hotel; Ibis Chennai City Centre; Taj Club House Chennai; Greens Suite; Hotel Park Plaza; Ammu Palace; GP Mansion; Udayar Mansion; Metro Palace
- Attractions and museums: 16
- British Council; Fort St. George Museum; Tamilnadu Police Museum; Dr. Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran Museum; Egmore Childrens Museum; India Post Philatelic Bureau; Amma Museum; DUGAR GROUP OF COMPANY; Madras High Court Museum; Egmore Government Museum
- Cinemas and theatres: 19
- Batcha Theatre; Albert Theatres; Casino Theatre; Melody; Raja Annamalai Hall; University of Madras Auditorium; Balaj; Buvaneshvari; Crown Talkies; Escape Cinemas
- Places of worship: 180
- Sri Kaalikambal Kamadeswarar Temple; Arulmigu Varadaraja Manavaala Magamuni Thirukkoyil; Church at Jehovah Shammah; Kachaleeswarar Temple; Renuka Parmeshwari Temple (Chinnama Kovil); Sacred Heart Shrine; St. John the Baptist Church; Kandhakottam Temple; Periamet Masjid; Anderson Church
- Parks and stadiums: 64
- Loane Square; Nehru Indoor Stadium; Rajarathinam Stadium; Anna Memorial; Hydro Therapy Swimming Pool; M.G.R Memorial; Saifiyah Burhaniyah Sports Complex; Hanging Gardens; Langs Garden Park; Mayor Sathiyamoorthy Park
- 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
- Schools: 91
- 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; mani's nursery and primary school; Asan Memorial HSS; Bishop Corrie Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School
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.
- 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.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.