Kharaqan-e Gharbi Rural District

Kharaqan-e Gharbi Rural District is in the Central District of Avaj County, Qazvin province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Nirej.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the former Avaj District of Buin Zahra County) was 2,081 in 575 households. There were 3,076 inhabitants in 1,015 households at the following census of 2011. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 2,699 in 933 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Avaj County. The most populous of its 10 villages was Mansur, with 571 people.