At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the former Ben District of Shahrekord County) was 5,018 in 1,247 households.[5] There were 4,833 inhabitants in 1,431 households at the following census of 2011.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 1,161 in 240 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Ben County. The rural district was transferred to the new Sheyda District.[3] The most populous of its three villages was Azadegan, with 789 people.[2]