Banestan Rural District

Banestan Rural District is in Asfyj District of Behabad County, Yazd province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Banestan.

Demographics

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 1,523 in 484 households. There were 2,130 inhabitants in 744 households at the following census of 2011, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Behabad County. The rural district was transferred to the new Asfyj District. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 1,765 in 635 households. The most populous of its 38 villages was Banestan, with 706 people.