At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,048 in 170 households, when it was in the former Byaban District of Minab County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 1,296 people in 292 households,[5] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Sirik County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,280 people in 333 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
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