At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,424 in 370 households, when it was in the former Zarqan District of
Shiraz County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 1,346 people in 399 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,172 people in 360 households.[2]
In July 2018, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Zarqan County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with the city of
Zarqan as its capital.[7]
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