Chigtón - Chiapas

Facts about Chigtón

Location of Chigtón

Chigtón is located in the municipality of Ixtapa in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.874167
Latitude (dec): 16.845556

Height over sea level of Chigtón

The locations medium height over sea level is 1090 meters.

Population in Chigtón

The over all population of Chigtón is 873 persons, 427 of them are male and 446 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 469 minors and 404 adults, with 44 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chigtón

72 inhabitants of the location Chigtón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 25 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 0 people, while 22 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Chigtón exist about 188 households.

Of these households 131 are common houses or apartments, 66 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

126 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 127 are connected to the public water supply, 125 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 76 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chigtón

Besides the 121 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 74 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

121 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 335 persons did not finish the school. 2 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 6 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 6 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.