Choyo - Chiapas

Facts about Choyo

Location of Choyo

Choyo is located in the municipality of Santiago el Pinar in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.723889
Latitude (dec): 16.952778

Height over sea level of Choyo

The locations medium height over sea level is 1600 meters.

Population in Choyo

The over all population of Choyo is 429 persons, 218 of them are male and 211 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 249 minors and 180 adults, with 21 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Choyo

429 inhabitants of the location Choyo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 339 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 211 people, while 128 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Choyo exist about 69 households.

Of these households 69 are common houses or apartments, 68 are without floor and about 51 consist of one room only.

29 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 69 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 1 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Choyo

Besides the 133 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 28 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

132 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 48 persons did not finish the school. 24 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 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 2 years.