At the time of the 2006 National Census, Kheyrgu's population was 1,051 in 215 households, when it was a village in Kheyrgu Rural District of Alamarvdasht District.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 1,227 people in 315 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,821 people in 523 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
After the census, the rural district was separated from the district in the formation of Kheyrgu District.[4] Kheyrgu was elevated to the status of a city.[8]
^Kheyrgu can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3070741" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^Habibi, Hassan (8 September 1391) [Approved 31 January 1372]. Creating reforms in Fars province. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 1.4.41.12929; Notification 1742/T95K. Archived from the original on 28 November 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via Islamic Parliament Research Center.
^Fazli, Rahmani (31 January 2021). The Minister of the Interior agreed to transform the village of Kheyrgu into a city (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior – via moi.ir/news/148117/وزیر-کشور-با-تبدیل-روستای-خیرگو-به-شهر-موافقت-کرد. Dr. Rahmani Fazli, in a notification to Fars Governor Rahimi, agreed to convert Kheyrgu village, the center of Kheyrgu District of Lamerd County, into a city