Local businesses in Vijayawada
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Hospitals: 248
- Sridevi Eye Hospital; 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
- Clinics: 65
- Apple Health Care Centre; Laxmi Nursing Home; Lipi Piles Clinic; Mahendra House; Neo Clinics; Prabha Homoeo Care; S.V.Clinic; Siddhartha Clinic; Sri Gayatri Superspeciality Hospital; Sri Gowri Sankar Homeo Clinic
- Pharmacies: 47
- Arogyaraksha Generic Medicals; Mahesh Medicals; Suraksha Generic Pharmacy; Sai Medical & Fancy Stores; Vijaya Medicals; VijayaDurga Medical and Fancy Store; Medical Hall; Prasanti Medicals; Ravi Medical & Fancy Store; Adithya Pharmacy
- Dental clinics: 26
- RK Dental Care; Dr Prudvis; F.M.S. Dental Clinic; Andhra Super Speciality Dental Care; Bharath Dental; Happy Smile Advanced Family Dental Clinic; Srinidhi Dental Clinic; Apple Dental Hospital; Prasad's Orthodontic Super Speciality Dental Hospital; Santhi Dental Clinic
- Medical supply and optical shops: 32
- Metro Eye Care; sai Bhavya Medical Store; Vishnu Opticals; A One Opticals; Ayaan Eye Hospital; Mahadev Opticals; Prabhat Optics; S. V Medical Store; SR Opticals; Soco Opticals
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.