Bni Tadjite

بني تدجيت

Rural commune in the cercle of Bni Tadjite, province of Figuig, Oriental.

Population, 2024: 17,557
Since 2014: +8.7%from 16,149 in 2014
Density: 5.6people per km², 3,121.6 km²
Households: 4,338
Foreign residents: 14
Rank: 364364th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 13 in its province

Next door in Bouchaouene, 16.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 75.4%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Boutayeb. In the labour force: 32.7% here, 34.2% there; running water: 75.4% here, 81.5% there; apartments: 0.1% here, 0.0% there.

Compare it with Sidi Boutayeb

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 Tadjite.

Bni Tadjite +8.7%

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: 34.8%aged 10 and over37.2% in 201441.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 20.2%17.6% in 201430.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 32.7%aged 15 and over41.9% in 20147.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 93.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.61children per woman2.74 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 7.5%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.9people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 75.4%of settled households68.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Tadjite: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.0%	75 and over	4.1%
2.2%	70–74	2.8%
3.0%	65–69	3.5%
4.3%	60–64	4.4%
4.3%	55–59	4.5%
5.9%	50–54	5.0%
5.3%	45–49	6.3%
6.0%	40–44	6.7%
5.5%	35–39	5.9%
6.9%	30–34	6.7%
6.4%	25–29	6.5%
6.0%	20–24	7.1%
9.8%	15–19	8.7%
11.1%	10–14	10.4%
10.8%	5–9	8.9%
9.5%	0–4	8.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija85.3%
Tamazight49.1%
Tachelhit21.7%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.4%
French51.5%
English17.0%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot64.4%
Bike or motorcycle18.3%
Private car5.5%
Doesn’t travel to work4.4%
Employer’s transport2.1%
Taxi1.8%
Bus1.7%
Informal transport1.0%
Another way0.6%
Animal0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 37.2%aged 10 and over34.8% in 202445.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 17.6%20.2% in 202442.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 41.9%aged 15 and over32.7% in 202417.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 90.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.74children per woman2.61 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.3%of people7.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.6people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 68.4%of settled households75.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Bni Tadjite: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.8%	75 and over	2.8%
2.0%	70–74	2.3%
2.0%	65–69	2.5%
2.9%	60–64	3.7%
3.4%	55–59	3.8%
5.3%	50–54	4.8%
5.4%	45–49	5.3%
6.5%	40–44	6.0%
6.2%	35–39	7.5%
6.5%	30–34	8.3%
5.5%	25–29	7.5%
8.3%	20–24	8.4%
10.0%	15–19	8.3%
10.1%	10–14	8.3%
10.9%	5–9	9.5%
12.2%	0–4	11.0%

Local languages used

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

Darija77.4%
Tamazight72.8%
Tachelhit0.4%
Tarifit0.3%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French43.8%
Arabic only38.9%
Arabic, French and English16.0%
Other combinations1.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot73.3%
Bike or motorcycle11.1%
Bus6.2%
Private car3.1%
Not stated2.7%
Another way1.3%
Works at home1.1%
Taxi0.6%
Employer’s transport0.6%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood78.0%
Another in the commune8.5%
Another province5.6%
No fixed place2.8%
Not stated2.6%
Another commune1.3%
At home1.1%
Somewhere else0.1%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades27.5%
Labouring and small trades20.8%
Farm and fishing labour12.6%
Farming and fishing12.3%
Clerical work10.4%
Managers and senior professionals5.8%
Trade and broking3.8%
Machine operating3.8%
Not classified1.6%
Technicians1.4%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma60.3%
Primary20.4%
Lower secondary10.5%
Upper secondary5.7%
DEUG or Licence3.0%
Master’s or doctorate0.2%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Bni Tadjite’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings: 3,054
Standing empty: 27.9%11.9% vacant16.0% a second home
Precarious: 1.9%0.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 94.9%95.2% on the water mains96.3% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 3.1%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house95.6%
Traditional house1.4%
Rural-type1.4%
Apartment0.6%
Villa0.4%
Slum or basic house0.3%
Other0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years78.4%
20 to 49 years21.1%
50 years or more0.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 50228.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 37073.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 5681.5 per business
Public services: 115
Associations: 17in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 2counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce59.7%
Services23.8%
Industry13.0%
Construction3.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person84.1%
2 to 313.8%
4 to 91.9%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over0.3%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later37.3%
2011–201936.8%
2001–201010.8%
1991–20009.7%
1981–19903.0%
1956–19802.4%
Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Bni Tadjite

9,474

Douars

Bni Tadjite’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 30 douars in 7 fractions, with 7,950 people. Another 9,474 live in Bni Tadjite, its urban centre, which has no douars. 133 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
قصر بني تدجيتKsar Bni Tadjite2 douars · 1,666 people
قصر بني تاجيتKsar Bni Tajjit	Grouped	123	491	1.9	1.1	2.1
لكرابة ريشكولLagraba Richkoul	In parts	281	1,175	0.3	1.0	3.6
أيت وزاكAit Ouazzag6 douars · 1,116 people
أيت وزاكAit Ouazzag	In parts	146	556	1.1	1.0	15.5
ايت يعقوبAit Yakoub	Grouped	48	185	1.3	3.3	10.1
ألمو الشرفاءAlmou Chorfa	In parts	31	110	3.5	1.2	10.3
المو أيت عيسىAlmou Ait Aissa	Grouped	8	27	—	—	—
تاغناميتTaghannamit	In parts	17	52	—	—	—
تيمكلالTimklal	Grouped	38	186	3.7	0.8	11.3
ايت السبعAit Sebaâ3 douars · 677 people
أيت السبع الجديدةAit Seba Jedida	Grouped	79	332	1.1	2.0	29.1
أيت السبع لقديمةAyt Sba Laqdima	Grouped	32	79	1.0	1.1	29.1
أزارAzer	Grouped	71	266	1.0	1.0	8.8
سبايكSbayk3 douars · 1,408 people
سبايكSbayk	Grouped	142	566	2.4	1.6	12.7
أيت داود يوبAit Daoud Youb	Grouped	20	94	—	—	—
ايت فضوليAit Fdouli	In parts	166	748	2.6	1.6	5.6
أيت احماد أوسعيدAit Hmad Aousaid9 douars · 1,711 people
بني باصياBni Bassia	Grouped	85	381	1.1	1.2	31.1
تاكيطونت الفوقانيةTaguitounte Fougania	Grouped	43	142	11.3	1.9	1.9
تبنعليتTabnalit	Grouped	47	162	3.0	1.0	3.8
تاكيطونت التحتانيةTaguitounte Tahtania	Grouped	63	225	2.0	8.6	1.0
موݣرMouggar	Grouped	40	183	4.4	1.5	40.8
تاغزوتTaghzout	Grouped	15	62	—	—	—
تاكيطونت الوسطانيةTaguitounte Ouastania	Grouped	51	153	3.9	3.0	4.3
قصر موغلKsar Moghal	Grouped	14	28	—	—	—
الصبابAssebbab	Grouped	85	375	4.8	5.5	29.1
أيت حدو إفرتوماشAit Haddou Ifertoumach6 douars · 871 people
آيت حدوAit Haddou	Grouped	109	398	1.0	1.0	4.0
آيت يشوAit Yachou	Grouped	27	79	—	—	—
آيت محمدAit Mohammed	Grouped	71	215	1.1	1.1	1.1
آيت خرصيAit Khorsi	Grouped	32	123	1.1	1.1	1.1
آيت حماد أو حدوAit Ahmed Ou Haddou	Grouped	11	22	—	—	—
تايفرورتTayfrourt	Grouped	5	34	—	—	—
مشيخة وهميةNotional fraction1 douar · 501 people
دوار الصنم الجديدDouar Essnem Jdid	Dispersed	117	501	1.1	2.7	4.5

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: 02.251.03.03
As digits: 022510303
Slug: bni-tadjite
Record: /api/communes/02.251.03.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/02.251.03.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/02.251.03.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/02.251.03.03/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/communes/02.251.03.03/housing.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/02.251.03.03/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/02.251.03.03/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2527831

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