Bajá - Chiapas

Facts about Bajá

Location of Bajá

Bajá is located in the municipality of Chilón in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.163333
Latitude (dec): 17.189444

Height over sea level of Bajá

The locations medium height over sea level is 1130 meters.

Population in Bajá

The over all population of Bajá is 242 persons, 106 of them are male and 136 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 144 minors and 98 adults, with 9 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Bajá

242 inhabitants of the location Bajá in Mexico live in indigenous households. 203 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 69 people, while 134 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Bajá exist about 37 households.

Of these households 37 are common houses or apartments, 28 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

0 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 37 are connected to the public water supply, 36 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 Bajá

Besides the 42 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

42 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 65 persons did not finish the school. 8 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 9 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.