Local businesses in Kochi
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 200
- Cafficana; Hotel Eat 'n' Pack; Hotel Vaishali Dhaba; Punjabi Tadka by Panjami; French Toast; Frozen Bottle; Ginger House Museum Restaurant; Hotel Real Vaishali Bihar; Perumal Tea Stall; The Burger Junction
- Clothing shops: 69
- Lil Rainbow; Made by Kirthi; Salt Studio; Saritha Jayasurya; Thread 'n' Needle; Studio Mirabilis; Dream Catcher; All on a Wall; Paulson Textiles; Sailors Corner
- Jewellers: 12
- Chandra Jewellery; Parekkattil Jewellery; Aj Jewellery; Ameparambil Jewellery; Kanadan Jewellers; Aria; Hima Jewellery; Zum Zum; Maharaja Jewellery; Tanishq
- Supermarkets: 25
- Greens Supermarket; Hydis Hypermarket; KN Traders; Moolans Family Mart Pallruthy; Sylcon Supermarket; The Food Mart; We Care; Margin Free Market; Aroma Fresh; Family Supermarket
- Salons and beauty shops: 67
- Citronelle Spa; Cochin Hairstyle; F Care; Pretty Face Beauty Parlour; Sarah's; Adams; Beauty Plus; Selvam; Imagine; Mehan Jaan
- Clinics: 29
- Homoeo Clinic; Mysterious Minds; Dr George Thomas; Ajanta Clinic; Dr Mathew Abraham; SkinLab; Amy clinic; Cosmo Clinic; Dr Abraham K Paul; Dr B Venugopal
- Schools: 47
- Government Higher Secondary School Panampilly Nagar; Shri Gujarathi Vidyalaya High School, Mattancherry; St. Sebastians HSS Thoppumpady; Edward Memorial Government School Ground; Government Upper Primary School Thamaraparambu; MMOVHSS; Seamanship School; St Thomas Girls' High School; St. Louis High School, Mundamveli; Thirumala Devaswom Lower Primary School, Mattanchery
Kochi facts
- District
- Ernakulam district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 6,77,381 (5,96,473 in 2001)
- Area
- about 94.88 sq km
- PIN codes
- 682001 (Kochi), 683111 (Kochi Airport), 682016 (Kochi M.G.Road), 682004 (Kochi Naval Base)
- Places nearby
- Thoppumpady Harbour Bridge (bridge across Vembanad lake, 1 km), Thoppumpady BOT Bridge (bridge, 1 km), St Louis Church (church, 1 km), Mundamveli (town, 1 km)
- Local economy
- Kochi is widely described as the financial and commercial capital of Kerala, a major port city on the Malabar Coast. Federal Bank, one of India's larger private banks, is based in the suburb of Aluva.
- Culture and food
- Centuries of migration have given Kochi a mixed, multicultural population drawn from all parts of Kerala and much of India.
- History
- Ancient travellers called the place Cocym, Cochym and Cochin. The Cochin Jewish community called it Kogin, and Arab merchants called it Kashi.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.