--- title: "Kancharapalem, Visakhapatnam walkability score: 33/100" description: "Kancharapalem in Visakhapatnam scores 33/100 for walkability (Car-Dependent): what's within a walk and how it compares with Visakhapatnam." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/visakhapatnam/kancharapalem updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [India](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india) 3. [Visakhapatnam](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/visakhapatnam) 4. Kancharapalem # How walkable is Kancharapalem, Visakhapatnam? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Kancharapalem has a walkability score of 33 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the 17th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Visakhapatnam, which scores 53 as a whole. 33 out of 100: Car-Dependent Most errands require a car. * #17 of 20 in Visakhapatnam * 53 Visakhapatnam overall * 35 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=17.73001&lon=83.27791&q=Kancharapalem%2C%20Visakhapatnam) ## What's within walking distance 67 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Kancharapalem. The nearest grocery is about 24 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for banks. It is weakest for groceries, restaurants & bars, coffee and books & libraries. ### Groceries 0.2 of 3 points * GowDurbar Vizag, 24 min ### Restaurants & bars 0.5 of 3 points * OYO 7345 Vasishta Inn, 12 min * Pizza Hut, 22 min ### Shopping 1.6 of 2 points * Susarlas Medical and Departmental Stores, 2 min * Royal Mobile Shoppee - Sponsored by Bajaj Finserv, 7 min * Bata Shoe Store, 9 min ### Coffee 0.0 of 2 points * None within a 30 minute walk ### Banks 1.0 of 1 point * HDFC Bank, 8 min * Bank of Baroda, 9 min * YES Bank ATM, 14 min ### Parks 0.7 of 1 point * Railway Park, 21 min * Wakers Park, 26 min ### Schools 0.7 of 1 point * C.P. Brown High School, 10 min * Visvodaya high school, 16 min * Daksh Play School, 21 min ### Books & libraries 0.1 of 1 point * International Journal of Bioassays, 21 min ### Culture & entertainment 0.5 of 1 point * Urvasi Theatre, 14 min * Sree Kanya Theater, 23 min * Srikanya Theatre, 30 min Measured from the mapped centre of Kancharapalem, Visakhapatnam at 17.7300, 83.2779. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the centre there are about 152 street intersections per km², and blocks average 73 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced. ## Walkability across Kancharapalem, Visakhapatnam ![Walkability scores across the 1 km around the centre of Kancharapalem. 0% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 3, is 850 m to the south.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/india/visakhapatnam/kancharapalem.svg?v=9e752a6dc3a5) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Kancharapalem, Visakhapatnam. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. ## Nearby neighbourhoods in Visakhapatnam | Neighbourhood | Distance | Score | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [Kailasapuram](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/visakhapatnam/neighbourhoods#kailasapuram) | 1.6 km | 39 | | [Narasimha Nagar](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/visakhapatnam/neighbourhoods#narasimha-nagar) | 2.6 km | 60 | | [Daba Gardens](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/visakhapatnam/neighbourhoods#daba-gardens) | 2.6 km | 83 | | [Santhipuram](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/visakhapatnam/neighbourhoods#santhipuram) | 3.1 km | 79 | | [Ramnagar](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/visakhapatnam/neighbourhoods#ramnagar) | 3.5 km | 89 | | [Waltair Uplands](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/visakhapatnam/neighbourhoods#waltair-uplands) | 3.8 km | 92 | | [Daspalla Hills](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/visakhapatnam/neighbourhoods#daspalla-hills) | 4.2 km | 83 | | [Maddilapalem](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/visakhapatnam/maddilapalem) | 4.6 km | 76 | See [all 20 neighbourhoods of Visakhapatnam ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/visakhapatnam/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in Kancharapalem, Visakhapatnam ### Is Kancharapalem walkable? Not very. Kancharapalem in Visakhapatnam has a walkability score of 33 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. ### Is Kancharapalem more walkable than the rest of Visakhapatnam? Kancharapalem is less walkable than Visakhapatnam as a whole: it scores 33, against 53 for the 5 km around Visakhapatnam's centre. It is the 17th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Visakhapatnam on How Walkable. ### What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Visakhapatnam? Of the 20 Visakhapatnam neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Waltair Uplands (92), Ramnagar (89), Daspalla Hills (83), MVP Colony (83) and Daba Gardens (83). ### How is the walkability score of Kancharapalem calculated? The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Kancharapalem it is the average of 54 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score. This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the [methodology](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. 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