Local businesses in Shillong
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 72
- Olivia's Kitchen; Open Up Cafe; Merin's Restaurant; Green Door; Cafe Lakeside; Cafe Sola; The City Wok; Appa's Thali & Natz; Dejavue; Dylan’s Cafe
- Hotels and lodges: 46
- Waving Pines Lodge; Tranquill Cottage; Earle Holiday Home; Latei Ville Inn; Rainforest Guest House; Bramhome Guest House; Esabella Hostel; Hotel Yalana; Kynjai homestay; Mimosa Ridge
- Attractions and museums: 9
- Shillong; Brookside Bunglow Rabindranath Tagore Museum; Don Bosco Museum; Indira Gandhi National Open University; Butterfly museum; Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians; Rhino Museum; State Museum
- Cinemas and theatres: 2
- Galleria Anjalee Cinema; Gold Digital Cinema
- Places of worship: 62
- Lumshyiap Presbyterian Church; Mawroh Presbyterian Church; Shillong Buddhist Temple; Barapathar Shiv Temple; Jaiaw Presbyterian Church; Laitumkhrah Presbyterian Church; Divine Saviour Parish; Golflinks Presbyterian Church; Grotto Chapel; Mawlai Nonglum Presbyterian Church
- Parks and stadiums: 3
- Lady Hydari Park
- Clothing shops: 3
- Megtex; Pantaloons; Reliance trends
- Bakeries and sweet shops: 5
- James & Son Bakery; Gateau Bakes; Little Chef Bakery
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.
- 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.
- Geography
- Shillong lies on the Shillong Plateau, surrounded by hills, three of which are revered in Khasi tradition.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.