Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 120,885, of whom 62,021 are men and 58,864 women; 2,192 or 1.81% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 98.61% reporting that as their religion, while 1.38% of the population said they were Muslim.[2]