the 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 48,871 in 9,452 households, of whom 24,120 were men and 24,751 were women; 1,479 or 3.03% of its population were urban dwellers. the majority of the inhabitants observed protestantism, with 92.44% reporting that as their religion, while 7.17% observed ethiopian orthodox christianity.