At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,823 in 1,392 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 5,348 people in 1,597 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,501 people in 1,719 households.[2]
Bidokht is the seat of the Gonabadi Sufi order. In the center of the town stands Mazār-e Solṭāni, hosting the mausoleum of Solṭān-Alishāh. It is also the burial place of Solṭān-Ḥoseyn (Sultan Hussein) Tābandeh Reżā-Alishāh, (Ali Tabandeh) Maḥbub-Alishāh and Noor Ali Tabandeh Majzoob-Alishāh. In 1979 Islamic revolutionary bands desecrated the mausoleum complex. [7]
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