Shalah Kosh

Shalah Kosh is a village in, and the capital of, Qaleh Rural District of Zagros District, Chardavol 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 965 in 172 households, when it was in Bijnavand Rural District of the Central District. The following census in 2011 counted 958 people in 240 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 773 people in 240 households, by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the establishment of Zagros District. Shalah Kosh was transferred to Qaleh Rural District created in the new district. It was the most populous village in its rural district.