[6] As of 2011[update] census, the mandal had a population of 238,962.

21,272 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 11,037 are boys and 10,235 are girls.

The average literacy rate stands at 78.62% with 171,144 literates.

[7] The settlements in the mandal are listed below: Note: M-Municipality[8] Machilipatnam mandal is under Machilipatnam (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Machilipatnam (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh.

[9] The present MLA representing Machilipatnam (Assembly constituency) is Kollu Ravindra of Telugu Desam Party.