At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the former Qasr-e Qand District of Nik Shahr County) 17,728 in 3,384 households.[6] There were 19,625 inhabitants in 4,326 households at the following census of 2011.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 8,247 in 1,982 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Qasr-e Qand County. The rural district was transferred to the new Sarbuk District.[4] The most populous of its 19 villages was Sarbuk (now a city),[8] with 2,448 people.[2]
^"INCSGN Search". Iranian National Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names (in Persian). Tehran: National Cartographic Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019.