About CityDex
A free, data-driven city comparison portal built for anyone relocating across India — discover, compare, and decide with confidence.
What is CityDex?
CityDex is a city information portal designed for people who need to quickly understand and compare Indian cities. It brings together data on education, healthcare, safety, cost of living, air quality, weather, transport connectivity, and more — all in one place.
Every city gets a composite livability score along with dimension-wise breakdowns, so you can see at a glance how a city stacks up on the factors that matter most to you and your family.
Who is it for?
CityDex is built for anyone considering a move across India — whether you are a professional evaluating a job relocation, a student choosing a college city, or a family weighing an interstate transfer. When you need to decide quickly between unfamiliar cities, CityDex gives you the data to make that call with confidence.
It is also useful for anyone curious about how Indian cities compare on livability, safety, air quality, cost of living, and more.
Data Sources
CityDex aggregates publicly available data from multiple sources to build its city profiles and scores:
- Census of India 2011 — population, literacy, urban area data
- OpenStreetMap / Overpass API — hospitals, schools, transport infrastructure counts
- Open-Meteo — monthly temperature and rainfall data
- Wikidata — city metadata, elevation, coordinates
- NIRF Rankings — education quality indicators
- Government registries — crime rate estimates, infrastructure data
Disclaimer: The scores and rankings on CityDex are estimated and derived from publicly available datasets. They are not official government rankings. Use them as a directional guide, not as definitive assessments.
Built by
CityDex is built by Mahesh Dhiman, an AI enthusiast and builder based in India. Having navigated multiple city relocations himself, Mahesh understands first-hand how difficult it can be to evaluate an unfamiliar city with limited time and scattered information.
CityDex is one of several projects where he applies AI and modern web technologies to solve real-world problems people face every day.