As of 2011 census, the mandal had a population of 73,862 in 19,317 households. The total population constitutes
37,083 males and 36,779 females — a sex ratio of 992 females per 1000 males. 7,787 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 3,937 are boys and 3,850 are girls — a sex ratio of 978 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 61.08% with 40,358 literates. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 18,278 (24.75%) and 4,123 (5.58%) of the population respectively.[3]