in the 1945 statistics kawfakha had a population of 500 muslims, with a total of 8,569 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. of this, a total of 97 dunums was irrigated or used for orchards, and 7,768 dunums (of public land) were allotted to cereals, while 41 dunams were built-up, public land.