Sheykh Mahalleh, Talesh
village in Talesh County, Gilan Province, Iran
Sheykh Mahalleh (Persian: شيخ محله) is a village in Nilrud Rural District of Jokandan District in Talesh County, Gilan province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 776 in 176 households, when it was in Saheli-ye Jokandan Rural District of the Central District. The following census in 2011 counted 853 people in 224 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 879 people in 252 households.
In 2024, the rural district was separated from the district in the formation of Jokandan District, and Sheykh Mahalleh was transferred to Nilrud Rural District created in the new district.
The public source identifies “Sheykh Mahalleh, Talesh” as village in Talesh County, Gilan Province, Iran. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sheykh, Mahalleh and Talesh.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 2, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5834759. Authority coordinates are 37.877, 48.906. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2024.
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This entry incorporates text from “Sheykh Mahalleh, Talesh” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.