Qaleh Now-e Kharaqan

Qaleh Now-e Kharaqan is a village in, and the capital of, Kharqan Rural District of Bastam District, Shahrud County, Semnan province, Iran.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,937 in 582 households. The following census in 2011 counted 3,927 people in 1,248 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,166 people in 1,089 households.