At the time of the 2006 National Census, Chah Dadkhoda's population was 1,172 in 253 households, when it was a village in Chah Dadkhoda Rural District.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 1,492 people in 316 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,275 people in 306 households.[2]
Chah Dadkhoda was elevated to the status of a city in 2017.[7]
^Aref, Mohammad Reza (c. 2023) [Approved 11 May 1384]. Divisional changes and reforms in Kerman province. qavanin.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 130220/42/4/1; Letter 58538/T26118H. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.