At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 4,010 in 859 households, when it was in the former Arzuiyeh District of Baft County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 3,520 people in 836 households,[6] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Arzuiyeh County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,537 people in 712 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
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