Yalchitom - Chiapas

Facts about Yalchitom

Location of Yalchitom

Yalchitom is located in the municipality of Chamula in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.807500
Latitude (dec): 16.815556

Height over sea level of Yalchitom

The locations medium height over sea level is 1700 meters.

Population in Yalchitom

The over all population of Yalchitom is 517 persons, 248 of them are male and 269 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 283 minors and 234 adults, with 18 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Yalchitom

517 inhabitants of the location Yalchitom in Mexico live in indigenous households. 439 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 240 people, while 198 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Yalchitom exist about 98 households.

Of these households 98 are common houses or apartments, 35 are without floor and about 17 consist of one room only.

79 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 21 are connected to the public water supply, 97 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 44 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Yalchitom

Besides the 176 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 43 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

180 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 85 persons did not finish the school. 3 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 0 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 10 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.