the 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 51,800 in 9,289 households, of whom 25,893 were men and 25,907 were women; 5,256 or 1.02% of its population were urban dwellers. the majority of the inhabitants observed protestantism, with 52.26% reporting that as their religion, while 42.97% observed ethiopian orthodox christianity, and 4.55% were muslim.