[5] The mandal was also a part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region under the jurisdiction of APCRDA.

[6] As of 2011[update] census, the mandal had a population of 1,021,806.

The total population constitute, 512,417 males and 509,389 females with a sex ratio of 994 females per 1000 males.

100,309 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 51,950 are boys and 48,359 are girls.

The average literacy rate stands at 81.35% with 749,635 literates.