Local businesses in Vijayawada
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Hospitals: 248
- Vijay Orthopaedic And Accident Care; Meher Hospitals; Vijaya Super Speciality Hospital - Vijayawada; Amma Hospital - Krishna; Smile Multi Speciality Hospital; Vijayawada Institute Of Neuro Sciences (Vins); Aswini Nursing Home; Bhargav Nursing Home and Eye Hospital.; Giridhar Ent Hospital; Kamala Orthopeadic Nursing Home
- Hotels and lodges: 45
- Srinidhii dormitory correct location; Hotel Golden way; Sai Balaji Ladies Hostel; Hotel Riverview; Hotel Sarkar Grand; Hotel Centre Side; Hotel Vdara; Mango Hotels Vybrant; CMR Boys Hostel; Prathap Reddy Tiffin Hotel
- Restaurants and cafes: 220
- Your's juice; Avant Cafe; Babai Hotel; Dilwale Falooda &Ice Cream; pulka point; Mehfil 5star Falooda & Shawarma; Nizams Khichdi; Platform 65; Fresh Juice Shop Ice Cream and Snacks; rr joints
- Banks: 71
- The Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Bank; The Andhra Pradesh State Co-operative Bank Ltd.; The Cosmos Coop Bank; State Bank Of India(Krishna Lanka Branch); Kotak Bank; IDFC Bank; Coastal bank; Coastal Bank; United Bank of India; Punjab & Sind Bank
- Schools: 27
- Sri Chaitnaya Junior College; Vivekananda High School; Icon Public School; Oxford school; St. Anthony school; St.Johns Em school; Gowthama English Medium High School; RCM School; Sadgatha High School; Bishop Ajarayya Girls High School
- Real estate agents: 2
- D. N. R Transport And Real estate; Homeland Avenues
Vijayawada facts
- District
- NTR district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 10,48,240 (9,00,061 in 2001)
- Area
- about 61880000 sq km, about 23 m above sea level
- People
- 997 females per 1,000 males; 82.59% literacy
- PIN codes
- 520001 (Vijayawada Municipal Offi), 520002 (Vijayawada Bus Stand)
- Places nearby
- Kanaka Durga Temple (Hindu Temple, 1 km), Gandhi Hill (where a Gandhi memorial lies, 1 km), Akkanna Madanna Caves (7th-century Hindu cave temples, 1 km), Prakasam Barrage (dam, 2 km)
- History
- Bezawada, as Vijayawada was then called, was founded around 626 CE. The Chinese Buddhist scholar Xuanzang stayed here for a few years around 640 CE.
- Geography
- Vijayawada lies on the Krishna river at about 11 m above sea level, surrounded by hills and three canals, the Eluru, Bandar and Ryves.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.