Tosho - Chiapas

Facts about Tosho

Location of Tosho

Tosho is located in the municipality of Chalchihuitán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.587222
Latitude (dec): 16.979722

Height over sea level of Tosho

The locations medium height over sea level is 1380 meters.

Population in Tosho

The over all population of Tosho is 386 persons, 182 of them are male and 204 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 234 minors and 152 adults, with 15 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tosho

386 inhabitants of the location Tosho in Mexico live in indigenous households. 326 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 171 people, while 155 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Tosho.

Economic situation

In Tosho exist about 80 households.

Of these households 80 are common houses or apartments, 76 are without floor and about 42 consist of one room only.

73 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 35 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 2 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tosho

Besides the 93 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 27 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

79 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 90 persons did not finish the school. 12 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 9 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.