Jolpajaltón - Chiapas

Facts about Jolpajaltón

Location of Jolpajaltón

Jolpajaltón is located in the municipality of Chamula in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.647500
Latitude (dec): 16.801667

Height over sea level of Jolpajaltón

The locations medium height over sea level is 2543 meters.

Population in Jolpajaltón

The over all population of Jolpajaltón is 368 persons, 186 of them are male and 182 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 170 minors and 198 adults, with 29 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Jolpajaltón

368 inhabitants of the location Jolpajaltón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 325 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 210 people, while 114 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Jolpajaltón exist about 91 households.

Of these households 91 are common houses or apartments, 66 are without floor and about 54 consist of one room only.

88 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 81 are connected to the public water supply, 86 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 Jolpajaltón

Besides the 139 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 44 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

139 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 81 persons did not finish the school. 1 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 3 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.