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.
↑Also romanized as Qal‘eh Now-e ‘Olyā, Qal’eh Now-Ye-’Olyā, Qal‘eh-ye Now ‘Ōlyā, and Qal‘eh-ye Now-ye ‘Olyā; also known as Qal‘eh Now, Qal‘eh Now-e Bālā, Qal‘eh-i-Nau, Qal‘eh-ye Now, and Qal‘eh-ye Now Bālā
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12Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (25 July 2010) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 3/5/1389 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویبنامه در خصوص اصلاحات تقسیماتی در استان خراسان رضوی[Approval regarding divisional reforms in Razavi Khorasan province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 203213/42/4/1. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
↑ایجاد و تشکیل تعاداد 5 دهستان شامل روستاها مزارع و مکانها در محدوده جغرافیای معین در شهرستان ؟؟ تابع استانخراسان[Creation and formation of five rural districts including villages, farms and places within a certain geographical area in the county of?? (Taybad), subordinate to Khorasan province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. 7 September 1986 [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1365.6.16 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 2883.1.5.53. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
↑سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385: استان خراسان رضوی[General Population and Housing Census 2006: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original(Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
↑سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390: استان خراسان رضوی[General Population and Housing Census 2011: Razavi Khorasan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original(Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.