Banafsheh Tappeh Rural District () is in Now Kandeh District of Bandar-e Gaz County, Golestan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Jafa Kandeh. The rural district was previously administered from the city of Now Kandeh.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 2,114 in 573 households. There were 2,027 inhabitants in 615 households at the following census of 2011. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 1,772 in 610 households. The most populous of its three villages was Jafa Kandeh, with 920 people.