Chakteal - Chiapas

Facts about Chakteal

Location of Chakteal

Chakteal is located in the municipality of Chalchihuitán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.589444
Latitude (dec): 17.016944

Height over sea level of Chakteal

The locations medium height over sea level is 1360 meters.

Population in Chakteal

The over all population of Chakteal is 375 persons, 187 of them are male and 188 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 217 minors and 158 adults, with 17 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chakteal

375 inhabitants of the location Chakteal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 318 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 146 people, while 172 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 7 citizens of Chakteal.

Economic situation

In Chakteal exist about 70 households.

Of these households 70 are common houses or apartments, 68 are without floor and about 17 consist of one room only.

67 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 69 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 0 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chakteal

Besides the 59 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

43 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 140 persons did not finish the school. 2 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 4 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 16 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.