It is under the administration of Jangareddigudem revenue division and the headquarters are located at Polavaram.

[3] As of 2011[update] census of India, the mandal had a population of 45,392 with 13,677 households.

4,846 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,514 are boys and 2,332 are girls.

[1] Polavaram mandal is one of the 4 mandals under Polavaram (ST) (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Eluru (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh.

[4] As of 2011[update] census of India, the mandal has 23 settlements and all are villages.