At the time of the 2006 National Census, Qaleh's population was 978 in 230 households, when it was a village in Razavar Rural District of the Central District).[5] The following census in 2011 counted 1,160 people in 316 households,[6] by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the establishment of the new Bilavar District.[3] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 1,130 people in 315 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
After the census, the village of Qaleh was elevated to the status of a city.[7]
^Habibi, Hassan (16 April 1372). "Carrying out reforms in the villages of Kermanshah province". Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of Farabi Mobile Library (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2024.