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How walkable is MVP Colony, Visakhapatnam?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
MVP Colony has a walkability score of 83 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 3rd most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Visakhapatnam, with 2 others, which scores 53 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
360 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of MVP Colony. The nearest grocery is about 4 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and schools. It is weakest for books & libraries.
Groceries
- More Super Market, 10 min
- Sri Venkata Sai General Store, 13 min
Restaurants & bars
- ibaco - MVP Colony, 4 min
- Laddugopal, 4 min
Shopping
- Royal Fabrics, 2 min
- Apollo Pharmacy MVP Colony, 2 min
Coffee
- Café Coffee Day, 4 min
- Bean Board - MVP, 7 min
Banks
- Punjab National Bank, 2 min
- Venkojipalem, 2 min
Parks
- Sivaji Park, 7 min
- Rajiv park, 8 min
Schools
- kidzee playschool MVP colony, 4 min
- DR LOTUS Pre School, 5 min
Books & libraries
Culture & entertainment
- Kalabharati, 24 min
- Happypola, 27 min
Measured from the mapped centre of MVP Colony, Visakhapatnam at 17.7423, 83.3357. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 276 street intersections per km², and blocks average 57 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across MVP Colony, Visakhapatnam
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of MVP Colony, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peda Waltair | 1.2 km | 80 |
| Lawsons Bay Colony | 1.2 km | 79 |
| Jalari Peta | 1.7 km | 77 |
| Maddilapalem | 1.7 km | 76 |
| Chinna Waltair | 1.8 km | 78 |
| Relli Veedhi | 2 km | 79 |
| Adarsh Nagar | 2.5 km | 24 |
| Santhipuram | 3.1 km | 79 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of Visakhapatnam ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in MVP Colony, Visakhapatnam
Is MVP Colony walkable?
Yes. MVP Colony in Visakhapatnam has a walkability score of 83 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is MVP Colony more walkable than the rest of Visakhapatnam?
MVP Colony is more walkable than Visakhapatnam as a whole: it scores 83, against 53 for the 5 km around Visakhapatnam's centre. It is the joint 3rd most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Visakhapatnam, with 2 others 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 MVP Colony 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 MVP Colony it is the average of 60 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. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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