Goharbaran-e Shomali Rural District () is in Goharbaran District of Miandorud County, Mazandaran province, Iran. It is administered from the city of Tabaqdeh.
In 2010, Miandorud District was separated from Sari County in the establishment of Miandorud County, and Goharbaran-e Shomali Rural District was created in the new Goharbaran District.
At the time of the 2011 National Census, the rural district's population was 9,760 inhabitants in 2,997 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 9,061 in 3,096 households. The most populous of its 13 villages was Tabaqdeh (now a city), with 2,023 people.