It is under the administration of Visakhapatnam revenue division and the headquarters is located at Pedagantyada beside Gajuwaka.

Organisations like Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, and Gangavaram Port are located in this area.

It has major District roads connecting it to nearby mandals and Visakhapatnam city.

On 17 April 1970, the then Prime Minister of India, the late Indira Gandhi, announced the government's decision in the Parliament to establish a steel plant at Visakhapatnam.

The Gangavaram Port Ltd. plans to build conveyors for taking imported raw materials directly to the Vizag Steel plant, in order to reduce the railway transportation costs.