Chalchihuitán - Chiapas

Facts about Chalchihuitán

Location of Chalchihuitán

Chalchihuitán is located in the municipality of Chalchihuitán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.618889
Latitude (dec): 16.961111

Height over sea level of Chalchihuitán

The locations medium height over sea level is 1400 meters.

Population in Chalchihuitán

The over all population of Chalchihuitán is 1568 persons, 777 of them are male and 791 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 968 minors and 600 adults, with 41 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chalchihuitán

1490 inhabitants of the location Chalchihuitán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1270 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 517 people, while 753 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 5 citizens of Chalchihuitán.

Economic situation

In Chalchihuitán exist about 302 households.

Of these households 318 are common houses or apartments, 111 are without floor and about 61 consist of one room only.

261 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 224 are connected to the public water supply, 243 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 63 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chalchihuitán

Besides the 229 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 41 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

167 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 398 persons did not finish the school. 100 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 64 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 95 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.