Pajaltón Alto - Chiapas

Facts about Pajaltón Alto

Location of Pajaltón Alto

Pajaltón Alto is located in the municipality of Chamula in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.571389
Latitude (dec): 16.828056

Height over sea level of Pajaltón Alto

The locations medium height over sea level is 2636 meters.

Population in Pajaltón Alto

The over all population of Pajaltón Alto is 479 persons, 235 of them are male and 244 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 258 minors and 221 adults, with 18 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Pajaltón Alto

479 inhabitants of the location Pajaltón Alto in Mexico live in indigenous households. 383 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 155 people, while 228 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Pajaltón Alto exist about 94 households.

Of these households 94 are common houses or apartments, 89 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.

92 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 70 are connected to the public water supply, 93 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 6 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Pajaltón Alto

Besides the 143 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 15 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

140 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 95 persons did not finish the school. 13 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 27 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.