At the time of the 2006 National Census, Zavut's population was 563 in 86 households, when it was a village in Chelu Rural District of the former Andika District of Masjed Soleyman County. The following census in 2011 counted 838 people in 158 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Andika County. The rural district was transferred to the new Chelu District. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,031 people in 201 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.
After the census, Zavut was elevated to the status of a city.
↑"INCSGN Search". Iranian National Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names (in Persian). Tehran: National Cartographic Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019.
↑Interior Minister Agrees to Convert Zavut Village into a City (Report) (in Persian). 6 February 2019 – via www.moi.ir/news/116238/وزیر-کشور-با-تبدیل-روستای-زاووت-به-شهر-موافقت-کرد (Ministry of the Interior). Dr. Rahmani Fazli, in a notification to Shariati, Governor of Khuzestan, agreed to convert Zavut village, the center of Chelu District, into a city...