It is under the administration of Tirupati revenue division and the headquarters are located at Pakala.

Pakala mandal was made part of the newly formed Tirupati district on 4 April 2022.

[1]: XXXIII, 3, 5, 15, 17 Pakala mandal is a part of the Tirupati revenue division.

[4] Pakala mandal is one of the 7 mandals under Chandragiri Assembly constituency, which in turn is a part of Chittoor Lok Sabha constituency of Andhra Pradesh.

[1]: XXXIII  Pulivarthi Venkata Mani Prasad is representing the Chandragiri constituency as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly,[5] and Daggumalla Prasada Rao is representing the Chittoor constituency as the Member of Parliament (MP) in Lok Sabha.