Local businesses in Coimbatore
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Hospitals: 152
- Sri Ramakrishna Hospital; Dr.Sengaliappan Nursing Home, Coimbatore; KG Hospital Blood Bank; Aravind Eye Hospital (City Centre); Dr. S. G. Rajarathinam Hospital; Eye Trust; Kongunad Hospital, Coimbatore; Nehru Urology Centre; Rasi Hospital; Sheela Clinic
- Clinics: 47
- C.S.R. Nursing Home, Coimbatore; Iswarya Fertility Test Tube Baby and Research Centre; Karthic Nursing Home; Rk Bai Corporation Health Centre; Acupuncture Home; Arunn Surgery; Clarity Imaging Centre; Gateway Clinic; K.M. Polyclinic; NSR Cancer Centre
- Pharmacies: 13
- Arasu Medicals; Apollo Pharma; Sri Kumaran; Araya Vaidya Pharmacy; Chinnaiah Medicals; Chitra pharmacy; Ganesh Medicals; Pasumai Pharmacy; Sri Vaari pharmacy; arya vaidhya salai
- Dental clinics: 9
- Al Shaaf Dental Clinic; Arun Dental Clinic; Dr. Rajagambiram Dental Clinic; S.T Dental Care; Sri Swathi Dental Clinic; Dr. Binus Dental Clinic; Subasri Dental Clinic; GS Dental care; Ezhil Dental Clinic
- Medical supply and optical shops: 2
- Shanthi Social Services; Vision Express
Coimbatore facts
- District
- Coimbatore district
- Area
- about 246750000 sq km, about 432 m above sea level
- PIN codes
- 641001 (Coimbatore West), 641014 (Coimbatore Tidel Park), 641018 (Coimbatore Racecourse), 641021 (Coimbatore Industrial Estate)
- Places nearby
- Virundeeswarar Temple (Hindu temple, 1 km), Thandu Mariamman Temple (Hindu temple, 1 km), Athar Jamad Mosque (mosque, 1 km), Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Coimbatore) (multi-purpose stadium, 1 km)
- Culture and food
- Coimbatore has a reputation for entrepreneurship, and the World Classical Tamil Conference was held here in 2010.
- Education
- Coimbatore is a major education hub. Its first school opened in 1831, its first college, Government Arts College, in 1875, and its first engineering college is now the Government College of Technology.
- History
- One theory says the name comes from Kovanputtur, the new town of the chieftain Kovan, which became Koyamputtur and then Coimbatore. Another links it to the goddess Koyamma.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.