Qaleh Juq, Ilam

Qaleh Juq is a village in, and the capital of, Kabir Kuh Rural District of Gachi District, Malekshahi County, Ilam province, Iran.

Ethnicity
The village is populated by Kurds.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,724 in 275 households, when it was in Gachi Rural District of the former Malekshahi District of Mehran County. The following census in 2011 counted 1,262 people in 308 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Malekshahi County. Qaleh Juq was transferred to Kabir Kuh Rural District created in the new Gachi District. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,468 people in 371 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.