Walkability is widely understood as a product of neighborhood form and residents’ perceptions of how safe, convenient, and pleasant walking feels in everyday settings. This study investigates how three neighborhood-planning parameters—population density, accessibility to parks and playgrounds, and street-network connectivity—relate to residents’ walkability perceptions across diverse neighborhoods in Amritsar, India. Fourteen administratively defined neighborhoods were selected to represent high-, medium-, and low-density contexts shaped by the city’s historical growth and varied residential typologies. Population-density classes were derived from the city’s planning framework, while accessibility and connectivity were computed objectively using Google Earth imagery supported by on-ground verification (Singhal, 2022). Accessibility was operationalized as the percentage of neighborhood area within a one-tenth-mile (approximately 160~m) proximity threshold of parks and playgrounds, and connectivity was measured using a dead-end-adjusted intersection-density index normalized to a 0–100 scale for within-city comparison. A walkability perception survey was administered to 224 adult residents by trained architecture students using structured face-to-face interviews, capturing (i) preference for walking over driving and (ii) overall rating of the neighborhood pedestrian environment on five-point Likert scales. Chi-square tests were used to assess associations between perception outcomes and the three planning variables, with Cramér’s \(V\) computed to summarize association strength. The results indicate that accessibility to parks and playgrounds shows the strongest and most consistent relationship with perceived pedestrian-environment quality, while connectivity is also positively associated with pedestrian-environment ratings but exhibits a weaker link with stated walking preference. Population density demonstrates weaker, context-dependent associations with both perception measures, suggesting that compactness alone does not explain neighborhood differences without considering destination access and network conditions. The study demonstrates the practical value of simple objective neighborhood indicators for diagnosing walkability conditions and guiding local planning interventions in rapidly transforming urban contexts.