 In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, there were 726 inhabitants living in the village; 3 Jews and 723 Muslims, rising to 966, all Muslim, in a total of 227 houses in the 1931 census.The layout of the village resembled a parallelogram and its houses were built close together, being only separated by narrow alleys.They were built of mud and straw or stone and cement.