Local businesses in Shillong
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 72
- Meaty Delights; Olivia's Kitchen; Open Up Cafe; Merin's Restaurant; Green Door; Cafe Lakeside; Cafe Sola; The City Wok; Appa's Thali & Natz; Dejavue
- Hotels and lodges: 46
- Elysian Home Food and Stay; Waving Pines Lodge; Tranquill Cottage; Earle Holiday Home; Latei Ville Inn; Rainforest Guest House; Bramhome Guest House; Esabella Hostel; Hotel Yalana; Kynjai homestay
- Clothing shops: 3
- Megtex; Pantaloons; Reliance trends
- Clinics: 15
- Nehru Memorial State Dispensary; Rynjah State Dispensary; CGHS Dispensary No.I, Laitumkhrat; Laban Red Cross; Mohanam SN Ayurvedic Centre; Apollo Teleclinic; Bansara Eye Care; Bansara Eye Care Centre; Dr. B Lyngdoh Clinic; Heal and Smile Dental & Medical Centre
Shillong facts
- District
- East Khasi Hills district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 1,43,229
- Area
- about 64.36 sq km, about 1525 m above sea level
- People
- 83.5% literacy
- PIN codes
- 793001 (Shillong )
- Places nearby
- Ward's Lake (Shillong) (artificial lake, 1 km), Lok Bhavan (indian governor's house, 1 km), Don Bosco Technical School (school, 1 km), St. Anthony's Higher Secondary School (minority school, 2 km)
- Culture and food
- Shillong is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya.
- Getting there
- Shillong has no railway, and Umroi Airport is about 30 km away.
- History
- Shillong is named after Lei Shyllong, a deity believed to live on Shillong Peak. It was the capital of Assam under the British and for 25 years after independence, until Meghalaya was formed in 1972.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.