The mandal lies on the coast of Bay of Bengal and is bounded by Bheemunipatnam, Anandapuram mandals to the north and Visakhapatnam Urban-1 to the south.

[2] As of 2011[update] census, the mandal had a population of 260,192.

26,608 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 13,486 are boys and 13,122 are girls —a ratio of 973 per 1000.

The average literacy rate stands at 79.07% with 184,699 literates.

[3] Visakhapatnam Rural mandal consists of the following areas