At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,600 in 691 households, when it was in the former Joghatai District of Sabzevar County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 2,719 people in 740 households,[5] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Joghatai County. The rural district was transferred to the new Helali District.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,773 people in 856 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
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