Shakhen Rural District (Persian: دهستان شاخن) is in Shakhenat District of Birjand County, South Khorasan province, Iran.

[4] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the Central District) was 6,276 in 1,609 households.

[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 5,372 in 1,675 households.

The most populous of its 13 villages was Shakhen, with 1,342 people.

This Birjand County location article is a stub.