Piedra Escrita - Chiapas

Facts about Piedra Escrita

Location of Piedra Escrita

Piedra Escrita is located in the municipality of Oxchuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.323333
Latitude (dec): 16.776111

Height over sea level of Piedra Escrita

The locations medium height over sea level is 2040 meters.

Population in Piedra Escrita

The over all population of Piedra Escrita is 244 persons, 128 of them are male and 116 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 137 minors and 107 adults, with 9 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Piedra Escrita

244 inhabitants of the location Piedra Escrita in Mexico live in indigenous households. 204 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 43 people, while 161 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 244 citizens of Piedra Escrita.

Economic situation

In Piedra Escrita exist about 43 households.

Of these households 43 are common houses or apartments, 43 are without floor and about 0 consist of one room only.

41 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 30 have access to electricity.

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

School and education in Piedra Escrita

Besides the 25 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

25 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 80 persons did not finish the school. 14 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 8 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.