As of the 2011 census of India, the mandal had a population of 53,540 living in 16,430 households.

[3] There were 4,716 children aged 0–6 years, which consisted of 2,218 girls and 2,498 boys, for a sex ratio of 888 females to 1,000 males.

The average literacy rate stands at 74.63% with 36,439 literates, of which 17,645 are females and 18,794 are males.

According to the 2011 census of India, 25,201 people were employed, including 9,304 females and 15,897 males.

Challapalli is the largest, and Nimmagadda is the smallest in terms of population.