Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 10,826 in 1,586 households, when it was capital of the former
Qasr-e Qand District of
Nik Shahr County. The following census in 2011 counted 8,563 people in 1,847 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 11,605 people in 2,649 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Qasr-e Qand County. Qasr-e Qand was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital. ==See also==