The houses of the village were built of bricks and basalt stones cut from the hillside.
Al-Khalisa had a boys' elementary school which also admitted students from neighboring villages.
The residents drew their drinking water from several springs.
 It was one of five villages in the Galilee to be governed by a village council that administered in local affairs.

The leader of  'Arab al-Ghawarina  clan was Sheikh Kamal Hussein, resident of  Al-Khalisa, and, according to Meron Benvenisti, he led the raid on Tel Hai in 1920.
 However, in the years preceding 1948, Sheikh Kamal established close relationships with the Jewish settlers, but, according to Benvenisti, the veterans of Kfar Giladi did not forget or forgive, and cultivated Sheikh Kamal's enemy Emir Faour.

In the 1931 census of Palestine, the population of El Khalisa was 1,369;  1,340 Muslims, 3 Jews and 26 Christians, in a total of 259 houses.

In the 1945 statistics, its population was 1,840, of which 20 were Christians, and the total land area were 11,280 dunams.
Of this, 5,586 dunams were irrigated or used for plantations, 3,775 for cereals, while 20 dunams were classified as urban land.
The houses of the village were built of bricks and basalt stones cut from the hillside. Al-Khalisa had a boys' elementary school which also admitted students from neighboring villages. The residents drew their drinking water from several springs.  It was one of five villages in the Galilee to be governed by a village council that administered in local affairs.
The leader of  'Arab al-Ghawarina  clan was Sheikh Kamal Hussein, resident of  Al-Khalisa, and, according to Meron Benvenisti, he led the raid on Tel Hai in 1920.  However, in the years preceding 1948, Sheikh Kamal established close relationships with the Jewish settlers, but, according to Benvenisti, the veterans of Kfar Giladi did not forget or forgive, and cultivated Sheikh Kamal's enemy Emir Faour.
In the 1931 census of Palestine, the population of El Khalisa was 1,369;  1,340 Muslims, 3 Jews and 26 Christians, in a total of 259 houses.
In the 1945 statistics, its population was 1,840, of which 20 were Christians, and the total land area were 11,280 dunams. Of this, 5,586 dunams were irrigated or used for plantations, 3,775 for cereals, while 20 dunams were classified as urban land.
Al-Khalisa