At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 512 in 80 households, when it was in Dalgan Rural District of the former Dalgan District of Iranshahr County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 627 people in 134 households,[6] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Dalgan County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District, and Gonbad-e Alavi was transferred to Gonbad-e Alavi Rural District created in the district.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 591 people in 143 households.[2]
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