The mandal is bounded by Sangam, Butchireddipalem, Indukurpet, Kovur, Podlakur, Thotapalligudur, Venkatachalam and Muthukur mandals.

[2] As of 2011[update] census, the mandal had a population of 631,791.

59,631 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 30,781 are boys and 28,850 are girls —a ratio of 937 per 1000.

The average literacy rate stands at 80.96% with 463,205 literates.

As of 2011[update] census, the mandal has 34 settlements, that includes: Sources: