At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 4,065 in 1,095 households, when it was inDasht-e Sar Rural District[b] ofDabudasht District.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 4,616 people in 1,387 households.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 5,818 people in 1,857 households, by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the formation ofDasht-e Sar District and renamedDasht-e Sar-e Sharqi Rural District. Shad Mahal was transferred toDasht-e Sar-e Gharbi Rural District created in the new district,[2] and was its most populous village.[1]
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