It is located within the jurisdiction of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, which is responsible for the area's civic amenities.

The neighborhood is served by the Waltair Division's Simhachalam Railway Station.

He once ruled the areas of Kota Gutta, Enugula Dwaram, Gurrala Cheruvu, and Taati Penda, which were later united to form the present Gopalapatnam.

LG Polymers operates a 200-acre styrene plant in the RR Venkatapuram village near Gopalapatnam, which was the site of the Visakhapatnam gas leak.

[5] It also has major district roads connecting it to nearby mandals and Visakhapatnam.