Chaonil - Chiapas

Facts about Chaonil

Location of Chaonil

Chaonil is located in the municipality of Oxchuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.279167
Latitude (dec): 16.793611

Height over sea level of Chaonil

The locations medium height over sea level is 1660 meters.

Population in Chaonil

The over all population of Chaonil is 789 persons, 425 of them are male and 364 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 443 minors and 346 adults, with 45 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chaonil

695 inhabitants of the location Chaonil in Mexico live in indigenous households. 597 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 168 people, while 429 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 151 citizens of Chaonil.

Economic situation

In Chaonil exist about 113 households.

Of these households 129 are common houses or apartments, 95 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

112 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 3 are connected to the public water supply, 96 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 12 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chaonil

Besides the 108 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

84 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 202 persons did not finish the school. 80 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 33 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 36 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.