Local businesses in Surat
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 33
- Gokulam Dairy; Jagdish Baldaniya's Home; iDot Cafe; Mahalaxmi Juice And Fast Food Corner; Belgian Waffles; Dairy Corner & Fast Food; Sumul's MasterChef, Multicuisine Restaurant And Banquet; Zest Restaurant; Rail Ahar; Shyam Kathiawadi Dhaba
- Clothing shops: 4
- Onyx For men; varachha; OOZY YOUR FAMILY DRESS CODE; Dressify
- Jewellers: 2
- Sahaj Jewels; Shree Dhanlakshmi Jewellers
- Supermarkets: 7
- cura123; MIrror glass worldwide; Millennium Textile Market; Dhiraj Sons - Sumul Dairy Road; Dhiraj sons; Mahakali Super Store
- Salons and beauty shops: 3
- Tasmay Hair Studio; The Hair Town; The Hair & Beauty
- Clinics: 79
- Ami Sagar Polyclinic; Arogyam Clinic; Astha Clinic & Skin Care; Baby Beats Heart Centre; Baidynath Clinic; Bapa Sitaram Clinic, Skin and Hair Care; Bhimani Clinic; Brahmani Clinic & Child Care; Cardiac Clinic; Dharti Skin Care
- Schools: 9
- G. G. Zadafiya Vidhyalay; Saraswati Vidhyalaya; St. Xaviers School; Nagar Primary School No 60; Govt. School; Tapidas & Tulsidas Varajdas School; Vanita Vishram School
Surat facts
- Population, 2011 Census
- 44,67,797
- Area
- about 327 sq km, about 13 m above sea level
- PIN codes
- 395003 (Surat RS), 395002 (Surat Textile Market)
- Places nearby
- Saraswati Mandir (writer's house museum, historic site, 2 km), Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Indoor Stadium (Indoor stadium, 5 km), Cable Bridge (Surat (bridge, 5 km), CB Patel International Cricket Stadium (cricket stadium, 8 km)
- Local economy
- Surat is a major hub of diamond cutting and polishing, with the first diamond workshops in Gujarat appearing in Surat and Navsari in the late 1950s. It ranked ninth in India by GDP in 2016.
- Culture and food
- Surat is known for its food and street food, with a Gujarati saying that you should eat in Surat. Local dishes include locho, ghari, undhiyu, ponk, dhokla and khaman.
- Getting there
- Surat railway station was built in 1860 and is under the Western Railway zone.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.