 According to the statistics of the Bulgarian geographer Vasil Kanchov, the village had a total population of 650 residents in 1900, consisting of 450 Greek Christians and 200 Turks.After the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey and the migration of the Muslim residents of the village to Turkey, in return, 390 Greek Christians from Asia Minor settled in the village.The village got renamed in 1926 to Podochori from "Podogoriani".