At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,010 in 241 households, when it was in
Darjazin-e Sofla Rural District of the former Qorveh-e Darjazin District of
Razan County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 900 people in 280 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 871 people in 280 households.[2]
After the census, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Dargazin County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with the city of
Qorveh-e Dargazin as its capital.[4]
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