Pugchén Chico - Chiapas

Facts about Pugchén Chico

Location of Pugchén Chico

Pugchén Chico is located in the municipality of Chamula in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.813056
Latitude (dec): 16.840000

Height over sea level of Pugchén Chico

The locations medium height over sea level is 1900 meters.

Population in Pugchén Chico

The over all population of Pugchén Chico is 682 persons, 338 of them are male and 344 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 366 minors and 316 adults, with 34 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Pugchén Chico

682 inhabitants of the location Pugchén Chico in Mexico live in indigenous households. 557 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 257 people, while 298 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 6 citizens of Pugchén Chico.

Economic situation

In Pugchén Chico exist about 144 households.

Of these households 144 are common houses or apartments, 122 are without floor and about 39 consist of one room only.

113 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2 are connected to the public water supply, 105 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 17 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Pugchén Chico

Besides the 192 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 22 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

187 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 172 persons did not finish the school. 0 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 13 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.