 About 35% of the total population has access to drinking water.The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 102,110, of whom 52,136 were men and 49,974 were women; 12,907 or 12.64% of its population were urban dwellers.The majority of the inhabitants said they were Muslim, with 76.64% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 22.33% of the population practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.