Qaleh Now-e Olya

Qaleh Now-e Olya is a village in Bala Velayat Rural District of Bala Velayat District, Bakharz County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the district and the rural district.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,892 in 450 households, when it was in the former Bakharz District of Taybad County). The following census in 2011 counted 1,832 people in 476 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county to establish Bakharz County. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,620 people in 494 households.