Bir Taleb

بير الطالب

Rural commune in the cercle of Chrarda, province of Sidi Kacem, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
11,843
Since 2014
+4.2%from 11,370 in 2014
Density
138people per km², 85.8 km²
Households
2,556
Rank
612612th most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 29 in its province

Next door in Khnichet, 89.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 22.6%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 97.1% to 77.0%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Laatatra. Running water: 22.6% here, 17.0% there; read French: 32.0% here, 36.8% there; household size: 4.6 here, 4.7 there.

Compare it with Laatatra

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

16022

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Bir Taleb.

Bir Taleb +4.2%

Morocco +8.8%

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write
37.3%aged 10 and over42.7% in 201447.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
23.0%10.3% in 201426.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
40.5%aged 15 and over45.9% in 20145.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.09children per woman2.04 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.3%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.6people on average5.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
22.6%of settled households22.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Bir Taleb: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over3.1%
2.3%70–743.0%
3.8%65–693.4%
4.3%60–644.7%
4.6%55–594.3%
5.3%50–545.3%
7.2%45–496.5%
6.8%40–447.3%
7.4%35–397.1%
6.9%30–346.0%
5.6%25–295.7%
6.2%20–246.4%
8.5%15–198.9%
10.2%10–149.6%
9.6%5–910.1%
8.2%0–48.6%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

  • Darija99.0%
  • Tachelhit0.7%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French32.0%
  • English5.5%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot38.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle23.3%
  • Taxi14.3%
  • Doesn’t travel to work8.8%
  • Employer’s transport6.2%
  • Animal3.6%
  • Private car3.3%
  • Informal transport1.4%
  • Another way0.7%
  • Bus0.4%
  • Train0.2%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary

Establishments
18215.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
10155.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1011.0 per business
Public services
68
Associations
13in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce70.3%
  • Services23.8%
  • Industry5.0%
  • Construction1.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person100.0%
  • 2 to 30.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later35.6%
  • 2011–201933.7%
  • 2001–201013.9%
  • 1991–200011.9%
  • 1981–19902.0%
  • 1956–19803.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bir Taleb’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 23 douars in 3 fractions, with 11,837 people. 6 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اشبانات الحريشةChbanate El Horricha5 douars · 1,931 people
أولاد اعميرة السفليينOulad Amirate EssafliyeneGrouped1435580.01.32.0
أولاد اعمرOulad AmeurGrouped863640.70.21.8
النوافلةNouaflaGrouped1034800.92.92.0
أولاد اعميرة الفوقانيينOulad Amira el FoukaniGrouped924610.51.92.9
مركز بئرالطالبCentre BiraltalebGrouped1468———
سيدي الحاج العربيSidi El Haj Larbi12 douars · 5,942 people
أولاد جلال تيهليOulad Jallal TihliGrouped1135800.11.03.0
الدكوكةEddkoukaGrouped421670.01.14.0
سمحان العكلةSemhane El AklaGrouped742962.02.05.0
أولاد اشبلOulad ChebalGrouped3151,5410.61.15.0
الخنافيفKhnafifGrouped743131.03.13.1
أولاد بن خليلOulad ben KhelilIn parts1014591.13.63.6
الفقرة الفوقانيين (البوعتلاويين)El Foqra El Foukaniine (El Boutlaouyine)Grouped1125511.02.06.0
أولاد امباركOulad MbarekGrouped1407141.01.27.7
الترابنةTrabnaGrouped382031.01.89.0
الفقرة الفحليينFoqra El FahliyeneGrouped1315491.01.15.6
الشبليةChabliyaDispersed442201.22.18.8
غمرةRhamraGrouped673491.01.09.0
بير الطالبBir Taleb6 douars · 3,964 people
الهواورةLahouaouraDispersed461915.15.05.6
تعاونية النجاحCoopérative EnnjahGrouped573020.00.79.2
أولاد المسلمOulad El MeselemGrouped2811,2302.12.511.6
أولاد يحيىOulad YahyaGrouped1937810.10.55.5
أولاد افرج دكالةOulad Frej DokkalaGrouped1699———
الشموشةChmouchaIn parts2721,3611.20.912.9

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code
Code
04.481.09.03
As digits
044810903
Slug
bir-taleb
OpenStreetMap
2813791
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bir-taleb");

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