Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 6,854 in 1,661 households, when it was capital of the former
Bakharz District in
Taybad County. The following census in 2011 counted 8,392 people in 2,134 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of
Bakharz County. Bakharz was transferred to the new
Central District as the county's capital. ==Notable people==