Bni Khaled

بني خالد

Rural commune in the cercle of Oujda-Banlieue Nord, préfecture of Oujda-Angad, Oriental.

Population, 2024
6,239
Since 2014
−7.5%from 6,745 in 2014
Density
34.8people per km², 179.4 km²
Households
1,456
Foreign residents
9
Rank
1,0741,074th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 11 in its préfecture

Next door in Bni Drar, 95.5% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.1%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 28.0% to 65.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Had Dra. Aged 65 and over: 11.7% here, 10.9% there; Darija: 99.3% here, 98.9% there; higher education: 3.2% here, 3.8% there.

Compare it with Had Dra

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

60064

How it changed

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

Bni Khaled −7.5%

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
33.1%aged 10 and over46.7% in 201444.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
34.2%17.7% in 201434.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.6%aged 15 and over46.7% in 20145.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.00children per woman2.42 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.9%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.3people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
65.2%of settled households28.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Khaled: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.0%75 and over4.8%
2.7%70–743.2%
4.5%65–694.4%
5.1%60–645.2%
5.1%55–595.3%
4.7%50–546.4%
6.3%45–496.1%
7.1%40–446.0%
6.2%35–396.0%
5.9%30–346.7%
6.8%25–295.6%
6.4%20–246.0%
8.1%15–197.1%
10.0%10–1410.6%
10.0%5–99.6%
7.2%0–46.9%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit0.5%
  • Tamazight0.2%
  • Tarifit0.2%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French28.6%
  • English2.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle30.3%
  • On foot29.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work26.0%
  • Private car5.4%
  • Informal transport4.6%
  • Employer’s transport1.6%
  • Taxi0.9%
  • Bus0.8%
  • Animal0.7%
  • Another way0.5%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
10316.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
2726.2% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
913.4 per business
Public services
75
Associations
1in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce66.7%
  • Industry18.5%
  • Services14.8%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person70.4%
  • 2 to 314.8%
  • 4 to 97.4%
  • 10 to 497.4%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later18.5%
  • 2011–201929.6%
  • 2001–201037.0%
  • 1991–200011.1%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19803.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bni Khaled’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 28 douars in 9 fractions, with 6,231 people. 8 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
العيدانEl Aidane4 douars · 808 people
الزعازعةEzzaazaaIn parts1978———
اولاد زروقOuled ZerroukIn parts28117———
تانوتTanouteIn parts552391.32.14.2
الزرارقةZrarkaIn parts883740.61.94.0
اولاد مريمOulad Maryem2 douars · 34 people
اولاد ميمونOulad MimouneIn parts523———
لعمارنةLaamarnaDispersed411———
اولاد الطاهرOulad Tahar3 douars · 692 people
لقيايسةLakyayssaDispersed823601.01.96.8
الشطايطةChetaitaIn parts692811.02.64.8
اولاد العربيOulad RabehGrouped1151———
العراعرة التحاتةEl Arara Thata2 douars · 1,445 people
العالبEl AalebIn parts743321.01.49.8
العراعرة التحاتةEl Arara ThataIn parts2471,1130.41.78.8
تانوت بني شيبTanout Bni Chiyeb4 douars · 455 people
لهنادزةLahnadzaGrouped542091.02.06.8
اولاد رمضانOulad RamdaneIn parts1962———
تانوت بني شيبTanout Bni ChiyebIn parts27111———
السقاينةSqaynaGrouped1673———
كزنايةGuizennaya3 douars · 827 people
كزنايةGuizennayaIn parts682821.01.45.7
اعزيزاينAzizaineDispersed301191.03.41.9
اولاد الحمامOulad El HammamDispersed904261.01.83.7
العراعرة لفاكاEl Ararat Louffaga4 douars · 563 people
اولاد صالحOulad SalehDispersed683150.71.68.4
اولاد عليOulad AliDispersed1257———
البرابشةLabrabchaGrouped27102———
بن عبد اللهBen AbdellahGrouped2289———
شراكةCheraga3 douars · 934 people
اولاد احمدOulad AhmedIn parts632681.42.24.6
اولاد حموOuled HammouDispersed1254811.03.29.4
شراكةCheragaGrouped441852.92.84.1
بني يسبوBni Isbou3 douars · 473 people
بني يسبوBni IsbouIn parts632531.01.47.4
تعاونية الفيضا 2Coopérative El Fida 2Grouped412041.01.010.0
اولاد بن سعيدOulad Ben SaidDispersed516———

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
02.411.03.05
As digits
024110305
Slug
bni-khaled
OpenStreetMap
2502041
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

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