It is under the administration of Sattenapalli revenue division and the headquarters are located at Amaravathi.

[2] The mandal is located on the banks of Krishna River, at a distance 27 km from the district headquarters.

It is bounded by Atchampet, Krosuru, Pedakurapadu, Tadikonda and Thullur mandals.

[3] The mandal forms a part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region, under the jurisdiction of APCRDA.

[4] The present Mandal Praja Parishad (MPP) is Mekala Hanumatha Rao,[5] MPDO is P.Madhuri and the tahsildar is G.Vijaya.