Canchajá - Chiapas

Facts about Canchajá

Location of Canchajá

Canchajá is located in the municipality of Chilón in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.107222
Latitude (dec): 17.128333

Height over sea level of Canchajá

The locations medium height over sea level is 740 meters.

Population in Canchajá

The over all population of Canchajá is 111 persons, 56 of them are male and 55 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 63 minors and 48 adults, with 3 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Canchajá

111 inhabitants of the location Canchajá in Mexico live in indigenous households. 84 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 32 people, while 47 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1 citizens of Canchajá.

Economic situation

In Canchajá exist about 18 households.

Of these households 18 are common houses or apartments, 18 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

0 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 18 have access to electricity.

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

School and education in Canchajá

Besides the 25 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 11 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

21 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 29 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 0 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.