The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 74,016, of whom 37,481 were men and 36,535 were women; 14,476 or 19.56% of its population were urban dwellers.
The majority of the inhabitants said they practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 95.17% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 2.18% of the population were Muslim, 1.46% were Protestant, and 1.09% observed traditional beliefs.