Qaleh-ye Showkat () is a village in Howmeh Rural District of the Central District in Shahrud County, Semnan province, Iran.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 332 in 91 households. The following census in 2011 counted 342 people in 108 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 235 people in 82 households.