Balkar, Iran

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|native_name =بلكر

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|subdivision_type1 =Province

|subdivision_name1 =Kurdistan

|subdivision_type2 =County

|subdivision_name2 = Marivan

|subdivision_type3 =Bakhsh

|subdivision_name3 =Sarshiv

|subdivision_type4 =Rural District

|subdivision_name4 =Sarshiv

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|population_as_of = 2006

|population_total =203

|population_density_km2 =auto

|timezone = IRST

|utc_offset = +3:30

|timezone_DST = IRDT

|utc_offset_DST = +4:30

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Balkar ({{langx|fa|بلكر}}, also Romanized as Balker){{GEOnet3|-3054997|Balkar}} is a village in Sarshiv Rural District, Sarshiv District, Marivan County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 203, in 39 families.{{IranCensus2006|12}} In 2011, it had a population of 167.{{Cite web |last=Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre |first=Carleton University |title=Language Distribution: Kordestan Province (Belkarr) |url=https://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.kordestan#eyJ0IjoieCIsImkiOiIyYzg5NmZiZWU2ZmNiZTNmNWQ3ODZkNGNjNzI4YzIwNyIsInMiOjE3MTI0MDkwNzU2NzB9 |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=iranatlas.net |language=English}} The village is populated by Central Kurdish speakers.