Ostay

Ostay is a village in Malin Rural District of the Central District of Bakharz County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 2,790 in 611 households, when it was in Kuhsangi Rural District of Miyan Velayat District, Taybad County. The following census in 2011 counted 3,024 people in 755 households, by which time Bakharz District had been separated from the county in the establishment of Bakharz County, and Ostay was transferred to Malin Rural District. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 2,995 people in 841 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.