As of 2016, the district had a population of 135,347 which was 6.92 per cent of the total population of the country. The total area of the district was 4,270 which was 14.07 per cent of the total area of the country. The density of population in the district was 30.00 per sq. km. As of 2008, there were 38 per cent economically active people in the district. There were totally 77,836 employed people out of a total of 156,640 people in the district above 15 years of age.