Falak Deh

Falak Deh
Persian: فلكده
Village
Falak Deh is located in Iran
Falak Deh
Falak Deh
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 37°13′01″N 49°33′02″E / 37.21694°N 49.55056°E / 37.21694; 49.55056[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceGilan
CountyRasht
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictLakan
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total
1,379
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Falak Deh (Persian: فلكده)[a] is a village in Lakan Rural District[5] of the Central District in Rasht County, Gilan province, Iran.

Demographics

People of Falak Deh speak Gilaki and Persian languages. Their agricultural products are rice, tea and silk.[6]

Falak Deh Population history
YearPop.±%
1950 768[6]—    
1966 864[7]+12.5%
1976 1,219[8]+41.1%
1986 1,355[9]+11.2%
2006 1,329−1.9%
2011 1,411+6.2%
2016 1,379−2.3%

Population

At the time of the 1966 census, Falak Deh was in Derazlat Rural District, and had a population of 864 people in 138 households. The village has had elementary school, mosque and a village council, as well as radio connection.[7] The 1976 census measured a population of 1,219 people in 216 households, by which time it was transferred to Howmeh Rural District.[8]

At the time of the 1986 census, Falak Deh reached a population of 1,355 in 218 households, of which 569 were educated. Animal husbandry, Beekeeping and Fish farming were also common. Falak Deh also gained electricity connection by that time.[9]

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,329 in 357 households.[10] The following census in 2011 counted 1,411 people in 436 households.[11] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,379 people in 435 households.[3]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as Falak Deh-e Pā’īn Maḩalleh[4]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (17 November 2025). "Shahrak-e Sanati Sepidrood, ویشکاماتیر, دهستان لاکان, بخش مرکزی رشت [Vishka Matir, Lakan Rural District, Central District of Rasht], Rasht County, Gilan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "6H82+Q6F Falak Deh, Gilan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Gilan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Falak Deh at GEOnet Names Server
  5. ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (1 July 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/04/10 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 18 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان رشت تابع استان گیلان [‌Creation and formation of 18 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Rasht County under Gilan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] C35DB6DE-B663-4A45-9A71-1834E43F3B87. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 6. Archived from the original on 12 November 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  6. 1 2 Hosseynali Razamara (February 1950), Geographical Directory of Iran: Province 1 (PDF) (in Persian), vol. 2, Army Publish house, p. 206{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  7. 1 2 "1966 Census Results: Gilan" (PDF), Public Statistical Archives (in Persian), Statistical Center of Iran, p. 103
  8. 1 2 "1976 Census Results: Gilan" (PDF), Public Statistical Archives (in Persian), vol. 8, Statistical Center of Iran, p. 26, 1980 [Data from November 1976]
  9. 1 2 "1986 Census Results: Gilan-Rasht" (PDF), Public Statistical Archives (in Persian), Statistical Center of Iran, p. 32, 1986
  10. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Gilan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  11. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Gilan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.