Goharbaran-e Shomali Rural District () is in Goharbaran District of Miandorud County, Mazandaran province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Tabaqdeh. Prior to the formation of the rural district, its constituent villages were in Miandorud-e Bozorg Rural District of the former Miandorud District of Sari County.
There were 9,760 inhabitants in 2,997 households at the National Census of 2011, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of the new Miandorud County. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 9,061 in 3,096 households. The largest of its 13 villages was Tabaqdeh, with 2,023 people.