It is under the administration of Gurazala revenue division and the headquarters are located at Macherla.

13,486 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 7,036 are boys and 6,450 are girls.

The average literacy rate stands at 30.79% with 62,850 literates.

[6] Macherla mandal is one of the 3 mandals under Macherla (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Narasaraopet (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh.

[3][8] The settlements in the mandal are listed below: Note: †–Mandal headquarter, M-Municipality[9] The mandal plays a major role in education for the rural students of the nearby villages.