Bni Chegdale

بني شكدال

Rural commune in the cercle of Fquih Ben Salah, province of Fquih Ben Salah, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 10,413
Since 2014: −9.0%from 11,444 in 2014
Density: 53people per km², 196.7 km²
Households: 2,355
Rank: 716716th most populous of 1,503 communes15th of 16 in its province

Next door in Oulad Fares El Halla, 0.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 97.3%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 92.7% to 80.3%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Kechoula. Higher education: 1.9% here, 1.8% there; running water: 97.3% here, 87.0% there; aged 65 and over: 10.5% here, 11.3% there.

Compare it with Kechoula

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Bni Chegdale −9.0%

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: 42.5%aged 10 and over53.1% in 201453.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 16.2%5.0% in 201414.6% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 33.8%aged 15 and over41.1% in 20144.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.13children per woman2.92 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.9%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.4people on average5.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 97.3%of settled households85.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Chegdale: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.1%	75 and over	4.5%
2.8%	70–74	3.1%
3.6%	65–69	3.8%
4.3%	60–64	4.8%
4.2%	55–59	4.6%
4.9%	50–54	5.7%
6.0%	45–49	6.9%
6.3%	40–44	7.0%
5.8%	35–39	7.0%
5.6%	30–34	6.1%
5.6%	25–29	5.1%
6.7%	20–24	5.7%
8.8%	15–19	7.5%
12.7%	10–14	12.2%
11.5%	5–9	9.3%
8.0%	0–4	6.8%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.0%
Tachelhit1.2%
Tamazight0.5%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.6%
French53.1%
English7.2%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot29.2%
Bike or motorcycle25.0%
Doesn’t travel to work15.1%
Private car8.3%
Employer’s transport7.7%
Taxi4.8%
Informal transport3.1%
Bus2.9%
Another way2.4%
Animal1.1%
Train0.5%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 53.1%aged 10 and over42.5% in 202464.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 5.0%16.2% in 202412.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.1%aged 15 and over33.8% in 20246.7% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 91.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.92children per woman2.13 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.6%of people4.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.3people on average4.4 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 85.4%of settled households97.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Chegdale: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.8%	75 and over	2.9%
2.1%	70–74	1.8%
2.2%	65–69	2.2%
3.6%	60–64	3.6%
3.9%	55–59	3.7%
4.4%	50–54	4.9%
4.5%	45–49	4.5%
5.9%	40–44	6.4%
6.0%	35–39	7.7%
6.8%	30–34	8.2%
6.3%	25–29	7.7%
8.1%	20–24	8.6%
9.6%	15–19	7.7%
10.1%	10–14	8.8%
9.9%	5–9	9.1%
13.7%	0–4	12.3%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.9%
Tachelhit0.5%
Tamazight0.2%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only50.7%
Arabic and French44.0%
Arabic, French and English4.1%
Other combinations1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot49.1%
Bike or motorcycle16.2%
Private car9.1%
Works at home6.8%
Another way6.2%
Taxi5.8%
Not stated3.4%
Employer’s transport2.1%
Bus1.3%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood66.2%
No fixed place12.5%
At home6.8%
Another commune4.7%
Not stated3.5%
Another in the commune3.4%
Somewhere else1.8%
Another province1.1%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour45.5%
Farming and fishing18.4%
Trade and broking10.5%
Labouring and small trades9.4%
Crafts and skilled trades8.4%
Clerical work4.3%
Machine operating2.0%
Managers and senior professionals1.0%
Not classified0.3%
Technicians0.1%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma79.0%
Primary15.5%
Lower secondary4.5%
Upper secondary0.8%
DEUG or Licence0.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 22221.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 12857.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 7585.9 per business
Public services: 68
Associations: 26in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce65.6%
Services24.2%
Industry6.3%
Construction3.9%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person85.9%
2 to 310.9%
4 to 90.8%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over2.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later35.9%
2011–201935.2%
2001–201015.6%
1991–20009.4%
1981–19903.1%
1956–19800.8%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bni Chegdale’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 17 douars in 5 fractions, with 10,413 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
اولاد عليOulad Ali6 douars · 2,301 people
ساسيماSacima	Dispersed	23	141	—	—	—
الناظورNador	Grouped	140	630	0.4	0.2	5.2
التعاونية الملكية و العلويةCoopérative El Melkiat Ou El Alouia	Grouped	53	273	0.3	0.3	4.9
أولاد عيسىOulad Aissa	Grouped	106	417	0.4	0.7	1.2
أولاد قاسمOulad Kacem	Grouped	69	278	0.1	0.6	1.0
الشرفاءChorfa	Grouped	122	562	0.0	0.1	1.0
الكرادةKradda3 douars · 1,210 people
الكرادة 1Kradda	Grouped	117	576	0.0	0.4	6.0
الكرادة 2Kradda 2	Grouped	26	138	—	—	—
أولاد بوهروOulad Bou Harou	Grouped	122	496	0.3	1.2	3.8
أولاد سالمOulad Salem3 douars · 2,925 people
أولاد سالمOulad Salem	Grouped	136	572	0.0	0.5	2.7
أولاد احمدOulad Ahmed	Grouped	325	1,324	0.0	0.0	0.2
لخلطLakhlt	In parts	253	1,029	0.0	0.7	5.2
المجارمةMjarma2 douars · 1,425 people
المجارمةMjarma	In parts	276	1,369	0.0	0.4	9.5
الفكارينel Fkirine	Grouped	11	56	—	—	—
أولاد العيشOulad El Aich3 douars · 2,552 people
أولاد العيش 1Oulad El Aich 1	Grouped	121	521	0.0	0.2	6.0
أولاد العيش 2Oulad El Aich 2	Grouped	219	1,014	0.1	0.6	9.9
أولاد امباركOulad M'Barek	Grouped	236	1,017	0.1	0.9	0.9

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: 05.255.09.03
As digits: 052550903
Slug: bni-chegdale
Record: /api/communes/05.255.09.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.255.09.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.255.09.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.255.09.03/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.255.09.03/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/05.255.09.03/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2882498

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