Maj Chum - Chiapas

Facts about Maj Chum

Location of Maj Chum

Maj Chum is located in the municipality of Chilón in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.101111
Latitude (dec): 17.015000

Height over sea level of Maj Chum

The locations medium height over sea level is 1020 meters.

Population in Maj Chum

The over all population of Maj Chum is 257 persons, 126 of them are male and 131 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 163 minors and 94 adults, with 4 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Maj Chum

257 inhabitants of the location Maj Chum in Mexico live in indigenous households. 209 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 83 people, while 126 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Maj Chum exist about 41 households.

Of these households 41 are common houses or apartments, 41 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

37 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 41 are connected to the public water supply, 39 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 1 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Maj Chum

Besides the 40 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 3 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

37 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 51 persons did not finish the school. 12 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 10 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 16 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.