Tzalatom - Chiapas

Facts about Tzalatom

Location of Tzalatom

Tzalatom is located in the municipality of Chamula in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.700556
Latitude (dec): 16.801111

Height over sea level of Tzalatom

The locations medium height over sea level is 2400 meters.

Population in Tzalatom

The over all population of Tzalatom is 272 persons, 124 of them are male and 148 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 137 minors and 135 adults, with 12 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tzalatom

272 inhabitants of the location Tzalatom in Mexico live in indigenous households. 227 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 150 people, while 77 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Tzalatom exist about 58 households.

Of these households 58 are common houses or apartments, 27 are without floor and about 9 consist of one room only.

32 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 48 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 13 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tzalatom

Besides the 108 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 37 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

108 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 36 persons did not finish the school. 2 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 5 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.