At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the former Bakharz District of Taybad County) was 17,145 in 3,723 households.[5] There were 11,752 inhabitants in 3,135 households at the following census of 2011,[6] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Bakharz County. The rural district was transferred to the new Bala Velayat District.[3] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 10,984 in 3,225 households. The most populous of its 19 villages was Shahrak-e Shahid Doktor Beheshti, with 1,736 people.[2]
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