the 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 42,813 in 8,536 households, of whom 20,943 were men and 21,870 were women; 7,291 or 17.03% of its population were urban dwellers. the majority of the inhabitants observed protestantism, with 90.57% reporting that as their religion, while 6.59% observed ethiopian orthodox christianity.