Bajchén - Chiapas

Facts about Bajchén

Location of Bajchén

Bajchén is located in the municipality of Tenejapa in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.501944
Latitude (dec): 16.840000

Height over sea level of Bajchén

The locations medium height over sea level is 2220 meters.

Population in Bajchén

The over all population of Bajchén is 280 persons, 138 of them are male and 142 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 161 minors and 119 adults, with 17 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Bajchén

280 inhabitants of the location Bajchén in Mexico live in indigenous households. 225 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 70 people, while 154 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Bajchén exist about 50 households.

Of these households 50 are common houses or apartments, 47 are without floor and about 7 consist of one room only.

43 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 48 are connected to the public water supply, 49 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 4 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Bajchén

Besides the 44 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

43 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 84 persons did not finish the school. 10 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 4 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 9 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.