Banestan Rural District

Banestan Rural District is in Asfyj District of Behabad County, Yazd province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Banestan.

At the National Census of 2006, its population (as a part of Behabad District of Bafq County) was 1,523 in 484 households. There were 2,130 inhabitants in 744 households at the following census of 2011, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Behabad County. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 1,765 in 635 households. The most populous of its 38 villages was Banestan, with 706 people.