Río Chancalá - Chiapas

Facts about Río Chancalá

Location of Río Chancalá

Río Chancalá is located in the municipality of Palenque in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.682500
Latitude (dec): 17.330556

Height over sea level of Río Chancalá

The locations medium height over sea level is 120 meters.

Population in Río Chancalá

The over all population of Río Chancalá is 1931 persons, 920 of them are male and 1011 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 862 minors and 1069 adults, with 134 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Río Chancalá

826 inhabitants of the location Río Chancalá in Mexico live in indigenous households. 384 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 10 people, while 369 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 129 citizens of Río Chancalá.

Economic situation

In Río Chancalá exist about 431 households.

Of these households 428 are common houses or apartments, 25 are without floor and about 36 consist of one room only.

409 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 420 are connected to the public water supply, 419 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 6 households to own a computer, 105 own a washing machine and 319 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Río Chancalá

Besides the 288 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 34 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

274 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 502 persons did not finish the school. 214 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 233 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 142 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.