Yocjá - Chiapas

Facts about Yocjá

Location of Yocjá

Yocjá is located in the municipality of Chilón in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.372500
Latitude (dec): 17.123611

Height over sea level of Yocjá

The locations medium height over sea level is 1120 meters.

Population in Yocjá

The over all population of Yocjá is 220 persons, 117 of them are male and 103 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 118 minors and 102 adults, with 8 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Yocjá

220 inhabitants of the location Yocjá in Mexico live in indigenous households. 187 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 71 people, while 116 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Yocjá exist about 45 households.

Of these households 45 are common houses or apartments, 37 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

44 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 41 are connected to the public water supply, 43 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 Yocjá

Besides the 51 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 10 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

50 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 49 persons did not finish the school. 6 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 15 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 18 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.