At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the former Raz and Jargalan District of Bojnord County) was 30,659 in 6,965 households.[5] There were 32,981 inhabitants in 8,126 households at the following census of 2011.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 18,141 in 4,646 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Raz and Jargalan County, and the rural district was transferred to the new Jargalan District.[3] The most populous of its 20 villages was Yekkeh Soud-e Sofla, with 2,852 people.[2]
^ abRahimi, Mohammad Reza (c. 2021) [Approved 29 September 2013]. Distributional changes in North Khorasan province. qavanin.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers. Proposal 185757/42/4/1. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2023 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.