Vachakab (Persian: وچكاب)[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Vach Kabud Rural District[b] of Sarab Bagh District, Abdanan County, Ilam province, Iran.

[4]}} The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Chamkabud.

[5] Prior to that time, its capital was the village of Shahrak-e Hezarani.

[8] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 552 in 103 households.

[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 621 people in 174 households.