Local businesses in Salem
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 15
- Lakshmi Hotels; Hotel Sri Annapoorna's; Rangavilas; Rayalseema Spice; Saravanaa Parotta; Selvi Mess; Rasikas; Sarathy Restaurant ; Siva coffee shop; Green Park
- Hotels and lodges: 22
- Hotel Sri Balakrishna; Cenneys Gateway; My house; Barbequeen; Cheney's Gateway; HOTEL VMK (VEG & NON VEG); Hotel Salem Regency; Raj Castle; Saravanaa Residency; Shivraj Holiday Inn
- Attractions and museums: 2
- My Office; Exhibiton Ground
- Cinemas and theatres: 7
- ARRS MULTIPLEX; Raja Sabari Theatre; Gowri; Big cinemas ; Divya; Old Palace Theatre ; INOX Leisure
- Places of worship: 20
- Kottai Mariamman Temple; St. Antony Chruch; Siddeshwarar MalaiKovil; Sree Guruvayurappan Temple; Anjaneyar Temple; East Muniyappan Temple; Hari Hara Asramam; Raja Ganapathy Temple; Rettai Kovil; South Pillayar Temple
- Parks and stadiums: 5
- Gandhi Stadium; Bose Maidan; Ramakrishna Park; Anna Park
- Hospitals: 153
- AVM Hospital; Ac Hospitals; Anna Hospital; Dr. Nalini Sridhar Hospital; Ganesan Nursing Hospital; Guru Women And Children Hospital; K.N. Nataraj Hospital; Nithish Ge And Multi Speciality Hospital; Rps Hospital; SIMS Chellum Hospital
- Schools: 32
- Sri Vasavi Matric HR Sec School; CSI Higher Secondary School; Holy flower matric hr.sec school; Jayarani matric school; P R Matric HR sec school; Srk matric school; St. Paul Higher Secondary School; St. Paul Primary School; St.joseph's matric hr.sec school; The gugai hr.sec school
Salem facts
- District
- Salem district
- Area
- about 102 sq km, about 278 m above sea level
- PIN codes
- 636001 (Salem Second Agraharam), 636456 (Salem Camp), 636007 (Salem North), 636006 (Salem South)
- Places nearby
- Christ Church (church, 1 km), Mahatma Gandhi Stadium (sports stadium, 1 km), Mookaneri Lake (lake, 5 km), ELCOT IT Park (iT Park, 7 km)
- Education
- Salem's higher education includes Thiagarajar Polytechnic, founded in 1958, and the Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, set up in 1960.
- Culture and food
- Hinduism is the dominant religion in Salem. The Kottai Mariamman Temple holds an annual five-day festival in the Tamil month of Aadi.
- History
- The Salem region was part of the Chera Empire during the Sangam period, and Roman coins from the time of the emperor Tiberius have been found here, suggesting trade with Rome.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.