Khnichet
الخنيشات
Rural commune in the cercle of Ouargha, province of Sidi Kacem, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.
- Population, 2024
- 26,246
- Since 2014
- +10.7%from 23,707 in 2014
- Density
- 237people per km², 110.7 km²
- Households
- 6,193
- Foreign residents
- 4
- Rank
- 217217th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 29 in its province
Next door in Oulad Nouel, 3.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 89.7%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 64.1% to 89.7%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sahel Oulad H'riz. Aged 65 and over: 7.0% here, 7.8% there; unemployment: 14.6% here, 15.8% there; running water: 89.7% here, 77.0% there.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
16102
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Khnichet.
Khnichet +10.7%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 34.4%aged 10 and over40.7% in 201442.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 14.6%15.1% in 201428.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 39.1%aged 15 and over44.5% in 20148.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.46children per woman2.04 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.6%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.2people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 89.7%of settled households64.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0% | 75 and over | 2.2% | ||
| 2.2% | 70–74 | 1.9% | ||
| 3.2% | 65–69 | 2.7% | ||
| 4.0% | 60–64 | 4.6% | ||
| 4.1% | 55–59 | 4.3% | ||
| 5.1% | 50–54 | 5.0% | ||
| 6.4% | 45–49 | 6.3% | ||
| 7.4% | 40–44 | 7.5% | ||
| 7.3% | 35–39 | 7.5% | ||
| 6.8% | 30–34 | 6.7% | ||
| 5.9% | 25–29 | 6.3% | ||
| 6.9% | 20–24 | 7.3% | ||
| 8.9% | 15–19 | 8.6% | ||
| 10.2% | 10–14 | 10.2% | ||
| 10.7% | 5–9 | 10.2% | ||
| 9.0% | 0–4 | 8.7% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 40.7%aged 10 and over34.4% in 202452.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 15.1%14.6% in 202442.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 44.5%aged 15 and over39.1% in 20249.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 95.2%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.04children per woman2.46 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.2%of people4.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.1people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 64.1%of settled households89.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7% | 75 and over | 1.6% | ||
| 1.3% | 70–74 | 1.4% | ||
| 1.6% | 65–69 | 1.4% | ||
| 3.0% | 60–64 | 2.6% | ||
| 3.9% | 55–59 | 3.0% | ||
| 4.6% | 50–54 | 5.1% | ||
| 5.0% | 45–49 | 5.2% | ||
| 5.9% | 40–44 | 5.8% | ||
| 7.0% | 35–39 | 7.3% | ||
| 7.8% | 30–34 | 8.7% | ||
| 8.7% | 25–29 | 9.0% | ||
| 9.4% | 20–24 | 8.6% | ||
| 9.1% | 15–19 | 9.5% | ||
| 10.7% | 10–14 | 10.1% | ||
| 9.5% | 5–9 | 9.7% | ||
| 10.8% | 0–4 | 10.8% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Khnichet’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 3,106
- Standing empty
- 14.6%10.1% vacant4.5% a second home
- Precarious
- 3.4%0.3% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 96.5%96.8% on the water mains97.0% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 5.8%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 72727.7 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 62886.4% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 9401.5 per business
- Public services
- 85
- Associations
- 14in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Khnichet | 11,860 |
Douars
Khnichet’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 24 douars in 3 fractions, with 14,386 people. Another 11,860 live in Khnichet, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أولاد خليفةOulad Khlifa10 douars · 4,659 people | ||||||
| أولاد برحيلOd Bel Rhil | Grouped | 227 | 1,003 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 8.0 |
| أولاد عبد الواحدOulad Abd El Ouad | Grouped | 145 | 635 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 6.0 |
| اشيكيرباتCheguirbat | Grouped | 69 | 300 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 4.8 |
| أولاد سلام خليفةOd Sellam Khlifa | Grouped | 244 | 1,066 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| أولاد سلام القريةOd Sellam El Qaria | Grouped | 69 | 293 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 7.9 |
| الشاوية الشريفةChaouiya Chrifa | Dispersed | 40 | 159 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 9.3 |
| الربيلاتRbilate | Grouped | 61 | 242 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 8.3 |
| أولاد بوعزة الطويلOd Bouazza Twil | Grouped | 115 | 525 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 8.9 |
| أولاد عمارةOulad Lahmar | Grouped | 35 | 156 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| أولاد بلحسينOulad Bou el Hsaïne | Grouped | 64 | 280 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| العركوبEl Argoub6 douars · 4,502 people | ||||||
| أولاد خريصOulad Khraïs | Grouped | 296 | 1,407 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| اعبيدات لمحاريرAbidat Lmharir | Grouped | 151 | 725 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 5.0 |
| اولاد اسعيدOulad Saïd | In parts | 216 | 960 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| اعبيدات الحجرةAbidat El Hjar | Grouped | 147 | 683 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 10.6 |
| العبيشاتLaabichate | Grouped | 81 | 307 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 12.0 |
| الهباطةLahbata | Grouped | 98 | 420 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 11.0 |
| المكرنMograne8 douars · 5,225 people | ||||||
| أولاد الخديرOulad Khadir | Grouped | 203 | 826 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| احسيناتHssinat | In parts | 423 | 1,776 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 4.0 |
| أولاد صابونOd Sabone | Grouped | 67 | 308 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| الكبارةEl Kebara | Grouped | 138 | 607 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| أولاد بوعزة اشبيراتOd Bouazza Chbirat | Dispersed | 159 | 713 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 8.5 |
| اكميحاتAkmihat | Grouped | 135 | 654 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 10.8 |
| الصنديقEssandik | Grouped | 14 | 68 | — | — | — |
| الفقيهFquih | Grouped | 58 | 273 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 10.5 |
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
04.481.07.05- As digits
044810705- Slug
khnichet- Census figures
/api/communes/04.481.07.05/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.481.07.05/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/04.481.07.05/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.481.07.05/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/04.481.07.05/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2813812
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("khnichet");