El Escalón - Chiapas

Facts about El Escalón

Location of El Escalón

El Escalón is located in the municipality of San Cristóbal de las Casas in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.517778
Latitude (dec): 16.708611

Height over sea level of El Escalón

The locations medium height over sea level is 2320 meters.

Population in El Escalón

The over all population of El Escalón is 509 persons, 244 of them are male and 265 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 271 minors and 238 adults, with 23 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Escalón

509 inhabitants of the location El Escalón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 432 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 127 people, while 303 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 104 citizens of El Escalón.

Economic situation

In El Escalón exist about 95 households.

Of these households 95 are common houses or apartments, 77 are without floor and about 6 consist of one room only.

88 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 77 are connected to the public water supply, 94 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 33 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Escalón

Besides the 106 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 13 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

94 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 162 persons did not finish the school. 19 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 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 4 years.