El Paraiso - Chiapas

Facts about El Paraiso

Location of El Paraiso

El Paraiso is located in the municipality of Oxchuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.266944
Latitude (dec): 16.760556

Height over sea level of El Paraiso

The locations medium height over sea level is 1823 meters.

Population in El Paraiso

The over all population of El Paraiso is 282 persons, 130 of them are male and 152 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 138 minors and 144 adults, with 17 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Paraiso

282 inhabitants of the location El Paraiso in Mexico live in indigenous households. 239 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 73 people, while 166 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1 citizens of El Paraiso.

Economic situation

In El Paraiso exist about 43 households.

Of these households 43 are common houses or apartments, 40 are without floor and about 6 consist of one room only.

43 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 40 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 El Paraiso

Besides the 51 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

36 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 84 persons did not finish the school. 31 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 12 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 11 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.