Kurmannapalem is inhabited by mostly employees of nearby industrial establishments in Gajuwaka, Sindhia and Steel plant and Gangavaram port. Busy commercial and residential hub. Well populated. VEPZ and some other export zones are located in Kurmanna palem. Transport facilities like railway station and bus terminals for local and outstation vehicles are nearby. It has developed by leaps and bounds during the past 5 years. City bus no. 38 (plying on national high way), and 400 (plying via Scindia) are frequent. Has all amenities.

Pros:

• Nearby all industrial establishments. Near Gajuwaka there is court, municipal, tahasildar offices.
• A mixed culture of former village people and present employees and business people.
• Equal distance to Vizag and Anakapalli.

Cons:

• Almost more than half an hour journey from the heart of Visakhapatnam.
• The ills of administration are like every where in India.