At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population (as a part of Qaen County) was 11,926 in 3,150 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 11,237 people in 3,210 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 10,952 inhabitants in 3,310 households,[2] by which time it had been separated from the county in the establishment of Zirkuh County.[3]