Gazette No 522: Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department –Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) – Reorganisation of Development Area – Inclusion of certain Mandal / Villages in the jurisdiction of VMRDA – Notification – Orders - Issued.

Registered No. HSE-49/2016 PART I EXTRAORDINARY No.453 AMARAVATI, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2026 G.522 NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT --x-- MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION & URBAN DEVELOPMENT (I) DEPARTMENT Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department –Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) – Reorganisation of Development Area – Inclusion of certain Mandals/ Villages in the jurisdiction of VMRDA – Notification – Orders - Issued. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G.O.Ms.No.189, Municipal Administration & Urban Development (I) Department, Dt.17.08.2026. NOTIFICATION In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (3) of Section 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Metropolitan Region and Urban Development Authorities Act, 2016 (Act No.5 of 2016), read with sub-section (2) of the said section, and in partial modification of the notifications previously issued defining the Development Area of the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA), the Government of Andhra Pradesh hereby: (a) include in the said Development Area the areas specified in Schedule-I (b) define the revised limits of the Development Area of VMRDA as comprising the areas specified in Schedule-II, with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazzette. This reorganisation is intended to facilitate streamlines administration, coordinated Urban development, effective spatial planning and efficient management of urban and peri-urban areas within the Development Area of VMRDA . SCHEDULE-I Areas included in the existing Development Area of VMRDA, by excluding from the VK- PCPIR UDA. 1Extent (In S.No District Name Mandal Village / Hamlet Sq.Kms) Kurada 0.63 Nellimuku (includes Balacheruvu 19.01 hamlet) Pedagantyada 1 Visakhapatnam Nadupuru 21.24 (Part) Siddeswaram 5.84 Appikonda 9.73 Devada 21.62 Total 6 78.07 Lemarthi Agraharam (Lemarthi) 3.16 Jagannadhapuram Agraharam 1.18 (Jagannadhapuram) Ponnuru Agraharam (Ponnuru) 0.51 Thadi 7.87 Kalapaka 5.18 Swayambhuvaram 3.59 2 Anakapalli Parawada (Part) Ravada 14.85 Paravada 7.79 Edulapaka Bonangi (E.Bonangi) 10.03 PayakaraoBonangi Tanam 4.46 Cheepurupalli West (Chipurupalli) 17.29 Cheepurupalli East (Chipurupalli) 11.41 Total 13 87.32 Dibbapalem 1.93 Pudimadaka 7.84 Maruturu 2.61 Maduthuru 9.87 Janguluru 2.79 Duppituru (including Atchutapuram 8.85 hamlet) Dosuru 9.64 Atchutapuram Chippada 3 Anakapalli (Part) Jogannapalem 7.24 Tallapalem Uddapalem Tantadi 5.97 Nadimpalli 2.82 Veduruvada 8.84 Nunaparthi 4.08 Gangamambapuram Agraharam 0.31 Dopperla 6.29 2Somavaram (including Pillavanipalem 5.12 hamlet) Ravipalem 2.31 Cheemalapalle 4.51 Jagannadhapuram Agraharam 0.53 Chodapalli 8.02 Bhogapuram 2.08 Total 23 101.70 Krishnampalem Anandapuram 4.91 Vijayarampuram Lalamkoduru 11.80 Chatimetta Pudi Moturupalem Gurajapalem 9.41 Nakkapalem 4 Anakapalli Rambilli (Part) Ch. V. Kondra JirayatiChintuva Seetapalem 8.38 Chintuva (manyapuchintuva) Gorapudi 2.74 Rajala Agraharam 7.16 Marripalem 6.43 Rambilli 7.54 Rajakoduru 5.06 Haripuram 4.01 Total 19 67.45 Vakapadu 1.49 S Rayavaram Chinnauppalem 6.48 5 Anakapalli (Part) Peddauppalem 11.89 Gudivada 13.73 Total 4 33.59 Chukalavari Lakshmipuram 7.26 Donivani Lakshmipuram 10.65 Nellipudi 13.24 Chandanada 6.50 Rajayyapeta 6 Anakapalli Nakkapalli (Part) N. Narasapuram 12.28 Nallamattipalem Buchchirajupeta Pedateenarla (including Dondavaka 8.88 hamlet) 3Gunupudi 9.91 Vempadu (including Amalapuram 13.96 hamlet) Total 11 82.68 Pentakota 7.15 Kumarapuram 8.58 Payakaraopeta Keshavaram 3.83 7 Anakapalli (Part) Rajavaram 4.97 Srirampuram 8.15 Idatam 9.22 Total 6 41.90 Grand Total 82 492.71 SCHEDULE- II Reorganised Development Area of VMRDA A. Urban Local Bodies (ULBs): S.No District Name Name of the ULB Extent in Sq.kms 1 Visakhapatnam Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation 640.00 2 Anakapalli Narsipatnam Municipality 6.80 3 Anakapalli Yelamanchili Municipality 35.43 4 Vizianagaram Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation 52.43 5 Vizianagaram Nellimarla Nagar Panchayat 17.60 Total 752.26 B. Mandals : S.No District Name Name of the Mandal Number of Villages Extent in Sq.Kms 1 Vizianagaram Kothavalasa (Full) 29 131.77 2 Vizianagaram Vizianagaram (Full) 13 71.43 3 Vizianagaram Bhogapuram (Full) 21 112.82 4 Vizianagaram Denkada (Full) 28 127.01 5 Vizianagaram Nellimarla (Full) 32 135.71 6 Vizianagaram Cheepurupalli (Full) 32 122.02 7 Vizianagaram Gantyada (Full) 45 174.44 8 Vizianagaram Srugavarapukota (Full) 40 133.65 9 Vizianagaram Vepada (Full) 39 134.35 10 Vizianagaram Lakkavarapukota (Full) 32 120.29 411 Vizianagaram Jami (Full) 28 141.53 12 Vizianagaram Pusapatirega (Full) 37 161.52 13 Vizianagaram Gajapathinagaram (Full) 35 123.35 14 Vizianagaram Garividi (Full) 38 141.38 15 Vizianagaram Bondapalle (Full) 33 144.94 16 Vizianagaram Gurla (Full) 39 163.60 17 Visakhapatnam Pendurthi (Full) 14 58.64 18 Anakapalli Parawada (Full) 19 103.83 19 Anakapalli Sabbavaram (Full) 30 152.63 20 Anakapalli Munagapaka (Full) 28 96.61 21 Anakapalli Atchuthapuram (Full) 34 145.14 22 Anakapalli Anakapalli (Full) 29 151.90 23 Visakhapatnam Anandapuram (Full) 32 205.32 24 Visakhapatnam Bheemunipatnam (Full) 19 82.46 25 Anakapalli Kasimkota (Full) 28 196.91 26 Anakapalli Yelamanchili (Full) 13 72.23 27 Anakapalli Rambilli (Full) 31 138.95 28 Visakhapatnam Padmanabam (Full) 25 137.42 29 Anakapalli S Rayavaram (Full) 22 150.51 30 Anakapalli Nakkapalli (Full) 31 196.98 31 Anakapalli Payakaraopeta (Full) 19 110.75 32 Vizianagaram Merakamudidam (Full) 41 175.29 33 Anakapalli Narsipatnam (Full) 13 105.15 34 Anakapalli Chodavaram (Full) 31 165.17 35 Anakapalli Madugula (Full) 53 405.50 36 Anakapalli Ravi Kamatam (Full) 33 198.71 37 Anakapalli Butchayyapeta (Full) 40 176.39 38 Anakapalli Nathavaram (Full) 39 185.71 39 Anakapalli K Kotapadu (Full) 32 172.98 40 Anakapalli Devarapalli (Full) 43 148.45 41 Anakapalli Makavaripalem (Full) 25 151.88 42 Anakapalli Kotauratla (Full) 21 164.90 43 Anakapalli Golugonda (Full) 36 140.10 44 Anakapalli Rolugunta (Full) 30 135.79 45 Anakapalli Cheedikada (Full) 34 122.66 Total 6588.76 GRAND TOTAL (ULBs+Mandals) 7341.02 S SURESH KUMAR PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT 5