At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,262 in 1,023 households, when it was a village in Vardanjan Rural District of the former Ben District of Shahrekord County.[9] The following census in 2011 counted 4,324 people in 1,179 households,[10] by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city.[11] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 4,456 people in 1,329 households,[2] when the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Ben County. Vardanjan and the rural district were transferred to the new Central District.[6]
^Vardanjan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3088157" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^Habibi, Hassan (30 September 2015) [Approved 26 February 1369]. Approval of reforms in the villages of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Notification 40162/T39K. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2024 – via Islamic Parliament Research Center.
^ abRahimi, Mohammad Reza (21 October 1391) [Approved 29 September 1391]. Letter of approval regarding national divisions in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Notification 200671/T47661H. Archived from the original on 10 January 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2023 – via Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of Farabi Mobile Library.