Catazajá

Information and facts about the municipality of Catazajá

Location of Catazajá

The municipality of Catazajá is located in the Mexican state of Chiapas México

Population of Catazajá

The overall population of the municipality named Catazajá is 15876 citizens, 8114 males and 7762 females.

Age distribution

The population of Catazajá is divided into 5868 minors and 10008 adults, with 1633 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Catazajá

504 people in Catazajá live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 314 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 26 and 276 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2848 citizens of Catazajá.

Economic situation

In Catazajá about 3872 households are registered.

3725 of these households are common houses or apartments, 1054 are without floor and about 470 consist of one room only.

3189 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2795 are connected to the public water supply, 3474 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 76 households to own a computer, 1064 own a washing machine and 2785 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Catazajá

Besides the 2152 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 123 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

2084 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 5110 persons did not finish the school. 1690 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1890 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1066 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.