Chijil - Chiapas

Facts about Chijil

Location of Chijil

Chijil is located in the municipality of San Juan Cancuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.401389
Latitude (dec): 16.946944

Height over sea level of Chijil

The locations medium height over sea level is 1600 meters.

Population in Chijil

The over all population of Chijil is 451 persons, 230 of them are male and 221 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 254 minors and 197 adults, with 20 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chijil

440 inhabitants of the location Chijil in Mexico live in indigenous households. 364 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 164 people, while 197 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Chijil.

Economic situation

In Chijil exist about 80 households.

Of these households 82 are common houses or apartments, 39 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

71 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 73 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 6 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chijil

Besides the 97 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 15 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

81 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 118 persons did not finish the school. 11 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 12 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 22 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.