Tzajalá - Chiapas

Facts about Tzajalá

Location of Tzajalá

Tzajalá is located in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.238889
Latitude (dec): 16.826944

Height over sea level of Tzajalá

The locations medium height over sea level is 1300 meters.

Population in Tzajalá

The over all population of Tzajalá is 184 persons, 99 of them are male and 85 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 89 minors and 95 adults, with 6 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tzajalá

173 inhabitants of the location Tzajalá in Mexico live in indigenous households. 155 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 31 people, while 124 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 5 citizens of Tzajalá.

Economic situation

In Tzajalá exist about 35 households.

Of these households 35 are common houses or apartments, 25 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

34 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 23 are connected to the public water supply, 22 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 6 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tzajalá

Besides the 26 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

27 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 58 persons did not finish the school. 14 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 14 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 13 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.