At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,187 in 339 households, when it was in Golmakan Rural District of the former Golbahar District of Chenaran County).[4] The following census in 2011 counted 788 people in 257 households.[5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,533 people in 492 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
In August 2019, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Golbahar County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with the city of Golbahar as its capital.[6]
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