Quality of life in Chennai
Chennai, India, differentiates itself with low living costs. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, startups and safety.
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Chennai, India, differentiates itself with low living costs. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, startups and safety.
Large apartment | $350.00 |
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Medium apartment | $280.00 |
Rent index [score] | 1.00 |
Small apartment | $200.00 |
5km taxi ride | $1.90 |
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A Cappuccino | $2.20 |
A beer | $2.00 |
A kilogram of Apples | $2.40 |
Bread | $0.25 |
Inflation [score] | 1.00 |
Lunch | $3.00 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $27.00 |
Monthly public transport | $14.00 |
Movie ticket | $2.60 |
Price of a meal at a restaurant | $16.15 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups | 15 |
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Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.63 |
Coworking spaces [score] | 0.45 |
Meetups [score] | 0.76 |
Meetups groups | 199 |
Meetups members | 135844 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 206 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 79 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.69 |
Startup events | 24 |
Startup events [score] | 0.46 |
Startups [score] | 0.80 |
Total number of startups | 403 |
Venture capital [score] | 0.38 |
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Airport hub | 40 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.24 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.60 |
Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/India/Chennai |
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Traffic handling [score] | 0.48 |
Business freedom | 47.60 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.10 |
Freedom from corruption | 38.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.28 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 47.80 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.24 |
Time to open a business | 26.00 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.71 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.59 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 0 |
Guns per 100 residents | 4 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.99 |
Lack of guns [score] | 0.98 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.99 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.10 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.54 |
Life expectancy (years) | 68.31 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.10 |
Best university in ranking | Indian Institute of Technology Madras |
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Best university ranking | 450 |
University quality [score] | 0.10 |
Air quality [score] | 0.31 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 0.21 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.18 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.26 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 63.65 |
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Currency for urban area | INR |
GDP growth rate | 0.07 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 1.00 |
GDP per capita | $5855.31 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.11 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.24 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.44 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.61 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 241 |
VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.06 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 34.73 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.52 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.85 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 30.72 |
Art galleries | 52 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.31 |
Cinemas | 178 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.78 |
Comedy clubs | 13 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.55 |
Concert venues | 81 |
Concerts [score] | 0.29 |
Historical sites | 29 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.20 |
Museums | 19 |
Museums [score] | 0.25 |
Performing art venues | 77 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.30 |
Sport venues | 57 |
Sports [score] | 0.34 |
Zoos | 3 |
Zoos [score] | 0.57 |
LGBT Equality Index | 24.29 |
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LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.22 |
LGBT adoption rights | ✖ Illegal |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✔ Legal |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✖ Not banned |
LGBT discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | Ambiguous |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, but requires surgery |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | Ambiguous |
LGBT marriage rights | ✖ Not legal |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.69 |
Seaside access | 1.00 |
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Urban area elevation (meters) | 14.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.84 |
Costs of living in Chennai are in the least expensive 10 percent of all 248 Teleport cities. Average living expenses are significantly lower compared to other cities, especially in the housing market. Moving to Chennai will very likely decrease your daily costs of living. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
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Software Engineer salaries in Chennai are low. For this job type, Chennai ranks 213th for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Chennai.
The overall crime rate puts Chennai in position 134 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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Legal
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Chennai (Tamil: சென்னை), formerly known as Madras, is the capital of the southern state of Tamil Nadu in India. With a population of 8.6 million (2011 census), Chennai's urbanized area is the most populous in South India and the fourth most populous in India. It is situated on the east coast of peninsular India.
Though Chennai traces its history to Fort St George and adjoining village of Madrasapatnam founded by the British East India Company in 1640, some residential districts of the city are older. The name Madras was changed to Chennai in 1997 by a special act of the Tamil Nadu legislature.
Chennai is well-connected by road, rail and air and is a staging point for tours to the 7th century Pallava temple of Mahabalipuram, an UNESCO World Heritage site, the Hindu temples of Kanchipuram, Sriperumbudur and Tirupati, the bird sanctuary of Vedanthangal and the Pondicherry ashram.
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