Bni Oukil

بني وكيل

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

Population, 2024
14,097
Since 2014
−7.6%from 15,260 in 2014
Density
33.5people per km², 420.6 km²
Households
3,158
Rank
485485th most populous of 1,503 communes12th of 16 in its province

Next door in Oulad Fares El Halla, 0.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 91.1%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 3.7% to 24.8%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Jouala. Running water: 91.1% here, 89.3% there; can’t read or write: 40.5% here, 41.5% there; Darija: 99.4% here, 98.6% there.

Compare it with Jouala

Where it is

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

How it changed

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

Bni Oukil −7.6%

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
40.5%aged 10 and over50.0% in 201452.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
24.8%3.7% in 201433.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.0%aged 15 and over51.4% in 20147.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.05children per woman2.13 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.8%of people4.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.5people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
91.1%of settled households82.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Oukil: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.2%75 and over4.1%
2.6%70–742.7%
4.4%65–693.9%
4.7%60–644.9%
4.5%55–594.9%
6.0%50–545.7%
6.3%45–496.4%
6.0%40–447.5%
5.8%35–396.4%
5.3%30–346.5%
5.6%25–296.3%
5.9%20–246.1%
8.7%15–197.4%
11.3%10–1410.6%
11.8%5–910.3%
8.0%0–46.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tamazight1.2%
  • Tachelhit1.1%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French53.6%
  • English10.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle39.2%
  • Doesn’t travel to work26.8%
  • On foot20.3%
  • Employer’s transport5.2%
  • Private car3.2%
  • Informal transport1.4%
  • Animal1.3%
  • Another way1.2%
  • Bus0.8%
  • Taxi0.7%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
26518.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
11543.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1641.4 per business
Public services
123
Associations
27in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce61.7%
  • Services20.9%
  • Industry9.6%
  • Construction7.8%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person87.0%
  • 2 to 311.3%
  • 4 to 90.9%
  • 10 to 490.9%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later20.9%
  • 2011–201933.9%
  • 2001–201021.7%
  • 1991–200019.1%
  • 1981–19902.6%
  • 1956–19801.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bni Oukil’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 23 douars in 6 fractions, with 14,094 people. 3 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
لشهبLchhab5 douars · 1,756 people
لكرارمةAl KrarmaDispersed753291.62.12.6
لباكرAl BagraDispersed502331.62.23.9
النواصرNouacerDispersed863971.42.39.1
اولاد موسىOulad MoussaGrouped421851.92.27.5
اولاد عياد اولاد عليOulad Ayad Oulad AliGrouped1196120.11.17.7
اولاد زيانOulad Ziyane10 douars · 6,558 people
لحضارةLahdaraDispersed1517010.41.34.7
لمعامرةLamaamraGrouped1325250.10.75.0
تعاونية العيونCoopérative LaâyouneDispersed2038960.21.84.5
لبراهمةBrahmaDispersed873770.01.86.6
الفقراءEl FoqraGrouped1305620.01.44.3
لمعلاتLamalatGrouped331242.06.06.0
حريشت بوعنانHaricht BouananeGrouped1818040.21.16.0
اولاد بويا 1Oulad Bouya IiGrouped3351,4930.01.14.5
اولاد بويا 2Oulad Bouya 2Dispersed1606610.11.21.4
اولاد عيادOulad AyadDispersed994150.21.12.9
بني وكيل الشماليةBni Oukil Chamalia2 douars · 1,571 people
الكدامةAl QdamaDispersed2921,1820.21.93.0
اولاد سعدOulad SadDispersed833890.22.93.9
بني وكيل الجنوبيةBni Oukil Janoubia2 douars · 2,252 people
اولاد موسىOulad MoussaDispersed2481,1690.22.94.3
اولاد الغزوانيOulad al GhazwaniDispersed2471,0830.22.93.0
جبالةJebala3 douars · 1,038 people
ايت محمدAit MohamedDispersed522800.11.79.1
ايت سالمAyt SalemDispersed853740.92.33.5
ايت قدورAit KaddourDispersed823840.72.15.1
اولاد ساسيOulad Sassi1 douar · 919 people
اولاد ساسيOulad SassiIn parts1869190.62.69.5

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
05.255.09.05
As digits
052550905
Slug
bni-oukil
OpenStreetMap
2879641
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bni-oukil");

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