The Primary Health Centre is the first rural facility with a Medical Officer; the CHC adds 30 beds and four specialists.
In Mancherial, 56.6% of women are anaemic, close to the typical district. 25.9% of children under five are stunted, better than the typical district. 21.5% of women have low BMI, behind the typical district. The PHC and CHC are the first point of clinical care against all three.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Mancherial, which ranks 6 of 33 in Telangana for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on households in the poorest wealth group at 9.8%.