Tilmi

تلمي

Rural commune in the cercle of Boumalne-Dades, province of Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
11,691
Since 2014
+2.8%from 11,372 in 2014
Density
16.6people per km², 706 km²
Households
2,049
Rank
622622nd most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 25 in its province

Next door in Zaouiat Ahansal, 32.1% of households have running water. Here, it’s 97.7%.

Since 2014, households with a kitchen went from 68.0% to 86.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 3 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Tabant. Darija: 13.4% here, 20.1% there; household size: 5.7 here, 5.6 there; read French: 29.7% here, 33.8% there.

Compare it with Tabant

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 Tilmi.

Tilmi +2.8%

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
40.1%aged 10 and over49.0% in 201451.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
27.8%24.9% in 201445.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.2%aged 15 and over37.0% in 20148.0% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
4.11children per woman4.85 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.6%of people6.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.7people on average6.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
97.7%of settled households91.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Tilmi: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.0%75 and over3.8%
2.7%70–742.4%
2.6%65–693.3%
3.1%60–644.0%
2.7%55–593.5%
3.8%50–543.8%
4.3%45–494.0%
5.4%40–444.0%
5.4%35–395.6%
6.3%30–346.1%
7.9%25–296.6%
9.0%20–247.9%
10.4%15–1910.3%
12.0%10–1412.3%
10.9%5–911.7%
10.4%0–410.5%

Local languages used

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

  • Tamazight99.0%
  • Darija13.4%
  • Tarifit0.5%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic88.7%
  • French29.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh20.1%
  • English6.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot65.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work17.0%
  • Animal4.3%
  • Informal transport2.7%
  • Another way2.7%
  • Employer’s transport2.6%
  • Bus1.7%
  • Private car1.6%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.4%
  • 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
22319.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
14364.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1471.0 per business
Public services
75
Associations
5in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce79.7%
  • Services17.5%
  • Industry2.8%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person98.6%
  • 2 to 30.7%
  • 4 to 90.7%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later8.4%
  • 2011–201974.1%
  • 2001–201015.4%
  • 1991–20002.1%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of literate people who read and write Arabic is 88.7%, among the lowest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Estimate from a sample

Across the 5 communes it borders, the median is 97.9%. Ait Hani is furthest from it, at 98.7%.

How these are picked

Douars

Tilmi’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 22 douars in 3 fractions, with 11,685 people. 6 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
أيت مرغادAit Marghad12 douars · 4,750 people
أيت امحمدAit M"hamedDispersed633120.10.84.5
أيت تفقيرتAit TafkirteIn parts1618790.81.65.9
أيت وعتيقAït Ou AtikIn parts1197242.11.72.4
أيت تمكونتAït TemgountIn parts854261.51.14.6
أيت عبد السلامAït Abdes SlamIn parts482532.31.06.7
أيت بولمانAit BoulemaneDispersed361692.91.87.9
أيت امحمد أومرغادAit M"hamed Ou MarghadeDispersed703632.51.57.4
أيت عبديAït AbdiDispersed301602.91.18.5
أيت عملوشAït AmelouchDispersed301450.81.34.7
ايت علي اوعيسىAit Ali Ou AissaDispersed317———
تاغزوتTaghzouteGrouped1981,1351.91.05.5
أيت عمرAit OmarIn parts28167———
أيت حديدو السفلىAit Hadidou Essoufla5 douars · 3,668 people
بودجامBoudjamGrouped1217211.01.13.9
أيت إعزىAït IazzaGrouped1116351.00.80.8
إحوضيكنIhoudigeneGrouped1581,0021.11.31.0
أيت توخسينAït ToukhsineGrouped1439401.10.64.0
تيلميTilmiIn parts693701.01.21.0
أيت حديدو العلياAit Hadidou El Oulia5 douars · 3,267 people
إزناكنIznaguenGrouped362131.03.05.0
أيت عتو أويكوAit Attou Ou YakkouGrouped1518571.01.14.9
أيت علي أويكوAït Ali Ou IkkouGrouped1618311.01.45.0
أيت موسى أويشوAït Moussa Ou IchouGrouped1569311.01.06.4
أيت عتو أوموسىAït Atto Ou MoussaGrouped704351.01.014.9

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
08.577.05.29
As digits
085770529
Slug
tilmi
OpenStreetMap
2887481
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("tilmi");

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