It is administration under Parvathipuram revenue division and headquartered at Salur.

The total population constitute, 49,731 males and 51,655 females.

[3] Salur mandal is one of the four mandals in Salur (Assembly constituency), which in turn is a part of Araku (Lok Sabha constituency), one of the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies[broken anchor] representing Andhra Pradesh.

[4] The present MLA is Rajanna Dora Peedika, who won the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014 representing YSR Congress Party.

[5] As of 2011[update] 2011 census of India, the mandal has 89 settlements.