Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 141,990, of whom 71,113 are men and 70,877 women; 8,931 or 6.29% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 83.88% of the population reporting that belief, 6.04% observed traditional religions, 3.36% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 1.9% were Catholic, and 1.23% were Muslim.[1]