| Tanbalan Rural District | |
| Native Name: | Persian: دهستان تنبلان |
| Native Name Lang: | fa |
| Settlement Type: | Rural District |
| Pushpin Map: | Iran |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sistan and Baluchestan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Zarabad |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Karvan |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Tanbalan |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | IRST |
| Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Tanbalan Rural District (Persian: دهستان تنبلان) is in Karvan District of Zarabad County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Tanbalan,[2] whose population at the 2016 National Census was 243 people in 61 households.[3]
After the census, Zarabad District was separated from Konarak County in the establishment of Zarabad County, and Tanbalan Rural District was created in the new Central District.[2]