Cantajal - Chiapas

Facts about Cantajal

Location of Cantajal

Cantajal is located in the municipality of Chilón in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.117778
Latitude (dec): 17.126667

Height over sea level of Cantajal

The locations medium height over sea level is 800 meters.

Population in Cantajal

The over all population of Cantajal is 48 persons, 21 of them are male and 27 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 28 minors and 20 adults, with 1 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cantajal

48 inhabitants of the location Cantajal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 37 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 7 people, while 30 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Cantajal exist about 7 households.

Of these households 7 are common houses or apartments, 5 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

3 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 7 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 2 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cantajal

Besides the 6 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

7 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 8 persons did not finish the school. 6 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 0 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 0 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.