Local businesses in Visakhapatnam
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 72
- Irani Tea; Rajahmundry Rose Milk; Baba Cha; Hotel Vivana; Sabasiva Sweets & Backery; Shubham Cafe; Araku coffee; Ciro's; Foodex; Kamat
- Clothing shops: 71
- Sowbhagya Machings; He & She; Inner Factory; Kankatala; me n moms; Banyan Tree; CMR Fashions; Dolls N Chiq; Dolls n Chic Shop; Fashion Life
- Jewellers: 34
- Vankayala Jewellers; Sri Seetharama Jewellers; Kameshwari Jewellers; Clove; Eskenl Jewelery; Goyaz; PMJ JEWELLERS; Rangraj Jewellery; SSR Silver Jewellery; Seetharama Jewellers
- Supermarkets: 5
- Karachiwala Departmental stores; Apna bazar; More
- Salons and beauty shops: 11
- Cut And Style Salon; Hiwaga; Shape & Skin; Anna Aesthetics; Daydreams; La Paul; cuts and curls; Beauty World; VLCC
- Clinics: 4
- Srikanth's Speech & Hearing Clinic; Vijaya Krishna Clinic; Sanjevani Mega Clinic; ENT Clinic
- Schools: 20
- P.E.N. School; Timpany School; st. anthony primary and high school; PEN School; Bal Vikasa Foundation Bridge School; Fort Catholic Girls School; Government Municipal School; NBM law college; Queen Marys Government Girls High School; Sri Prakash
Visakhapatnam facts
- District
- Visakhapatnam district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 20,35,922
- Area
- about 640 sq km, about 45 m above sea level
- PIN codes
- 530001 (Visakhapatnam), 530009 (Visakhapatnam Airport), 530035 (Visakhapatnam Port), 530031 (Visakhapatnam Steel Project)
- Places nearby
- Kanaka Maha Lakshmi Temple (Hindu temple, 1 km), Indira Priyadarshini Stadium (cricket stadium, 1 km), Poorna Market (neighbourhood, 2 km), Jagadamba Centre (neighbourhood, 2 km)
- Local economy
- Visakhapatnam has two ports, Visakhapatnam and Gangavaram, and its harbour has topped seafood exports by value among Indian ports.
- Culture and food
- Hinduism is the majority religion, with Muslim, Christian and Buddhist communities, and Telugu is the main language alongside speakers of Odia, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam. The city offers a mix of South Indian and Western food.
- History
- A local belief says a 4th-century king built a temple to Vaisakha here, which was later submerged by the sea, and the name stayed with the settlement.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.