At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 4,600 in 1,013 households, when it was in the former Galikash District of Minudasht County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 4,073 people in 1,085 households,[6] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Galikash County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,919 people in 1,143 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
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