Chilón - Chiapas

Facts about Chilón

Location of Chilón

Chilón is located in the municipality of Chilón in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.272778
Latitude (dec): 17.103889

Height over sea level of Chilón

The locations medium height over sea level is 880 meters.

Population in Chilón

The over all population of Chilón is 6367 persons, 3160 of them are male and 3207 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 3099 minors and 3268 adults, with 367 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chilón

5204 inhabitants of the location Chilón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 3497 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 632 people, while 2853 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 454 citizens of Chilón.

Economic situation

In Chilón exist about 1339 households.

Of these households 1342 are common houses or apartments, 500 are without floor and about 203 consist of one room only.

1174 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1290 are connected to the public water supply, 1178 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 53 households to own a computer, 186 own a washing machine and 740 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chilón

Besides the 1261 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 280 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

1268 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1251 persons did not finish the school. 437 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 744 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 406 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.