The town was considered as one of the progressivet town in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines and rated as a 3rd class town of the region. It has a huge number of 37, 863 people in 7, 438 household living in the place recorded in the 2000 Census.

Established as Negros Oriental’s most modern sugar mill, also with an oil mill for copra produced by the northern district.

The municipality was divided into different political barangays which governed by their respective barangay captain. Here is the list of 27 barangays that were under in the municipality of Manjuyod:

Alangilanan
Bagtic
Balaas
Bantolinao
Bolisong
Butong
Campuyo
Candabong
Concepcion
Dungo-an
Kauswagan
Libjo
Lamogong
Maaslum
 Mandalupang
Panciao
Poblacion
Sac-sac
Salvacion
San Isidro
San Jose
Santa Monica
Suba
Sundo-an
Tanglad
Tubod
Tupas