Darkas

Darkas is a village in, and the capital of, Darkas Rural District of Bahu Kalat District, Dashtiari County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,159 in 459 households, when it was in Bahu Kalat Rural District of the former Dashtiari District of Chabahar County. The following census in 2011 counted 1,863 people in 386 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,959 people in 882 households. It was the most populous village in Bahu Kalat Rural District.

In 2018, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Dashtiari County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with the city of Negur as its capital. Darkas was transferred to Darkas Rural District created in the new Bahu Kalat District.