According to the National Population and Housing Census carried out in 2007, the population of the town was 15,850. Out of this 7,135 were males and 8,715 were females. The age composition shows that 7,052 (44.49%) were within the age group of 0-15 years, 8,066 (50.89%) 16-60 years and 732 (4.62%) 60 years and above. The population of the town is calculated to be 19163 in 2012 and 23,169 in 2017 with medium growth rate variant of 3.79%. The average household is calculated to be 3.8.