Tapilula - Chiapas

Facts about Tapilula

Location of Tapilula

Tapilula is located in the municipality of Tapilula in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -93.016667
Latitude (dec): 17.248611

Height over sea level of Tapilula

The locations medium height over sea level is 780 meters.

Population in Tapilula

The over all population of Tapilula is 5478 persons, 2616 of them are male and 2862 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 2212 minors and 3266 adults, with 389 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tapilula

520 inhabitants of the location Tapilula in Mexico live in indigenous households. 224 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 1 people, while 193 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 486 citizens of Tapilula.

Economic situation

In Tapilula exist about 1417 households.

Of these households 1377 are common houses or apartments, 223 are without floor and about 559 consist of one room only.

1187 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1316 are connected to the public water supply, 1327 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 65 households to own a computer, 213 own a washing machine and 1094 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tapilula

Besides the 697 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 113 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

732 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1230 persons did not finish the school. 630 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1061 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 534 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.