At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,440 in 673 households, when it was in the Central District.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 2,469 people in 748 households,[5] by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the establishment of Masumiyeh District.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,536 people in 800 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
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