Bécal - Campeche

Facts about Bécal

Location of Bécal

Bécal is located in the municipality of Calkiní in the Mexican state of Campeche with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -90.030000
Latitude (dec): 20.444167

Height over sea level of Bécal

The locations medium height over sea level is 20 meters.

Population in Bécal

The over all population of Bécal is 6446 persons, 3145 of them are male and 3301 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1987 minors and 4459 adults, with 884 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Bécal

5278 inhabitants of the location Bécal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2548 of the citizens 5 years and older, speak an indigenous language. The count of people who only speak an indigenous language without having knowledge of the Spanish language is 51 people, while 2479 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 4149 citizens of Bécal.

Economic situation

In Bécal exist about 1621 households.

Of these households 1580 are common houses or apartments, 133 are without floor and about 154 consist of one room only.

1402 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1385 are connected to the public water supply, 1535 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 196 households to own a computer, 1013 own a washing machine and 1446 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Bécal

Besides the 616 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 13 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

507 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1635 persons did not finish the school. 766 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1886 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 748 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.