 About 4.7% of the total population has access to drinking water.The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 62,521, of whom 31,286 were men and 31,235 were women; 2,016 or 3.23% of its population were urban dwellers.The majority of the inhabitants said they were Muslim, with 99.22% of the population reporting they observed this belief.