Balaband Rural District

Balaband Rural District is in the Central District of Fariman County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Zarkak.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 8,501 in 1,909 households. There were 8,868 inhabitants in 2,330 households at the following census of 2011. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 7,918 in 2,203 households. The most populous of its 46 villages was Chahar Bast Bagh, with 979 people.