Demsa Towns And Villages

Demsa is a Local Government Area in the southwest of Adamawa State, Nigeria, on the south bank of the River Benue. Its council seat sits at Demsa town, near Numan. The area covers about 1,593 square kilometres.

The 2006 census counted 95,149 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 275,100. Demsa holds ten wards: Bille, Borrong, Demsa, Dilli, Dong, Dwam, Gwamba, Kpasham, Mbula Kuli and Nassarawo Demsa.

Bachama, Bata, Mbula, Bille, Yandang and Fulani people farm and fish along the Benue floodplain. Hon. Akham Jalo has chaired the council since June 2026.

The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GeoNames and OpenStreetMap gazetteers, and the 2026 Demsa LGA Community Development Plan:

  1. Bajifang
  2. Bali
  3. Bamoro
  4. Bange
  5. Bangun
  6. Billachi
  7. Bille
  8. Bolon
  9. Bomni
  10. Borrong
  11. Bosso
  12. Bujum Kona
  13. Bungudu
  14. Byalanga
  15. Chikile
  16. Chindam
  17. Dakanta
  18. Dakli
  19. Dakusung
  20. Dilli
  21. Dong
  22. Dowaya
  23. Dwam
  24. Dwam Sakato
  25. Farabaune
  26. Farei
  27. Gadamayo
  28. Gah-Fulani
  29. Gani Gaku
  30. Gansari
  31. Gawon
  32. Gidan Mission
  33. Gongoshi Dalehi
  34. Gongoshi Ndikong
  35. Gorogbakai
  36. Guri
  37. Gwamba
  38. Janawuri
  39. Kade
  40. Kadomun
  41. Kaurame Funamayo
  42. Kaurami
  43. Kawon
  44. Kedemure
  45. Kokumso
  46. Kpakmiyagi
  47. Kpankwai
  48. Kpasham
  49. Kudiri
  50. Kulasala
  51. Kunliro
  52. Kunteri
  53. Kwafara
  54. Kwale
  55. Kwayine
  56. Labakuri
  57. Lassala
  58. Lawaru
  59. Linga
  60. Maliki
  61. Mbanguru
  62. Mbomara
  63. Mbula Kuli
  64. Murgarang
  65. Mwarawo
  66. Nassarawo Demsa
  67. New Demsa
  68. Ngbekendewe
  69. Nzungwaling
  70. Old Demsa
  71. Pasam Dutse
  72. Poden
  73. Pongno
  74. Sabewa
  75. Sabon Gari
  76. Sallara
  77. Sangere Sani
  78. Shime
  79. Sware
  80. Tagombali
  81. Tahau
  82. Tanshi
  83. Tassala
  84. Tere
  85. Tikka
  86. Waka Tunga
  87. Wuro Abba
  88. Wuro Bakumbo
  89. Wuro Malam Musa
  90. Wuro Munchi
  91. Wuro Yero
  92. Yadini
  93. Yelwa
  94. Zuran