Qaleh Now-e Olya

Qaleh Now-e Olya is a village in Bala Velayat Rural District of Bala Velayat District, Bakharz County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the district and the rural district.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,892 in 450 households, when it was in the former Bakharz District of Taybad County. The following census in 2011 counted 1,832 people in 476 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Bakharz County. The rural district was transferred to the new Bala Velayat District. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,620 people in 494 households.