Live for 5 Indian metros · 424 neighborhoods scored
Know the neighborhood before you move in.
Pick a city. Pick your life stage. See the top-ranked neighborhoods reshuffle live.
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Top 5 in Kolkata for families
5 matchesHow to use HouseIQ
Four ways people actually use this.
Whether you are buying, renting, relocating from abroad, or just curious about where to move next, the rankings reshape to your situation.
Narrow it down
Picking between 3 or 4 neighborhoods you already have in mind?
Open the city page, switch your persona lens (family, professional, senior, NRI, student), and watch the top 10 reshuffle based on what actually matters to you.
Try it on KolkataCompare two head to head
Wondering if Ballygunge is worth the premium over Salt Lake?
Pull up both locality pages side by side. The 12 factor breakdown tells you exactly where the premium buys you something and where it buys you nothing.
Compare localitiesExplore a city you do not know
Relocating to a metro you have never lived in?
Start with the city map. Dots colored by score show you at a glance which zones cluster well, which trade off, and where to begin your shortlist.
Open a city mapSanity check what the broker says
Hearing that a locality is up and coming without much detail?
Look up the neighborhood. Read the three paragraph factor explainer. See what the score does, and does not, capture. Walk into the conversation informed.
Look up any localityWorth exploring
Comparisons that change minds.
Ballygunge
Kolkata. Established premium
New Town
Kolkata. Affordable upside
HSR Layout
Bangalore. Number 1 for families
Whitefield
Bangalore. Number 1 for professionals
Besant Nagar
Chennai. Flood resilient coastal
Sholinganallur
Chennai. OMR IT corridor
Chanakyapuri
Delhi. Greenest central belt
Bandra West
Mumbai. Equivalent premium
Inside every locality page
Depth that holds up to your real questions.
No sales spin. Each page breaks down the 12 factors with benchmarks, trade offs, and the specific sources behind every score. What you would want a thorough friend who knew the place to tell you.
Composite score and grade
A 0 to 100 score, letter grade, rank in city, rank all India.
12 factor breakdown
Schools, safety, healthcare, commute, air, cost, and 6 more. Each one explained.
Honest trade offs
What you gain by living here. What you give up. Side by side.
Methodology at a glance
12 factors. 8 sources. Every score traceable.
Each neighborhood is scored from 0 to 100 across 12 factors that shape daily life. Every score traces to a verifiable government, open data, or live source.
Schools and education
Density, quality, top institution access.
OpenStreetMap, Govt records
Safety and crime
IPC crime rate, trend, incident types.
National Crime Records Bureau
Healthcare access
Hospital density, quality, emergency reach.
OpenStreetMap, govt listings
Air quality
PM2.5, PM10, seasonal variation.
Central Pollution Control Board
Commute and connectivity
Transit density, drive times to hubs.
Google Maps Platform
Housing affordability
Price and rent levels, value-for-money.
Major property listing platforms
Amenities and lifestyle
Restaurants, shopping, recreation.
OpenStreetMap
Infrastructure
Road quality, sewerage, street lighting.
OpenStreetMap, surveys
Green cover and parks
Tree canopy, park access, green ratio.
Indian Space Research Organisation (Bhuvan)
Water reliability
Supply consistency, groundwater quality.
Municipal and state records
Power reliability
Outage frequency, average duration.
Discom outage data
Flooding and drainage
Flood history, elevation, drainage.
India Meteorological Department
Central Pollution Control Board
Air quality across 1,450 monitoring stations.
OpenStreetMap
Schools, hospitals, amenities, roads.
Indian Space Research Organisation
Green cover and elevation via Bhuvan.
National Crime Records Bureau
Crime statistics 2019 to 2023.
Google Maps Platform
Real time commute and transit data.
Property Listings
Prices aggregated from major listing platforms.
India Meteorological Department
Rainfall and flood event history.
Office of the Registrar General
Census 2011 demographics.