Chuljá - Chiapas

Facts about Chuljá

Location of Chuljá

Chuljá is located in the municipality of Tenejapa in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.486667
Latitude (dec): 16.867500

Height over sea level of Chuljá

The locations medium height over sea level is 1948 meters.

Population in Chuljá

The over all population of Chuljá is 549 persons, 271 of them are male and 278 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 287 minors and 262 adults, with 37 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chuljá

525 inhabitants of the location Chuljá in Mexico live in indigenous households. 431 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 147 people, while 283 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 6 citizens of Chuljá.

Economic situation

In Chuljá exist about 105 households.

Of these households 97 are common houses or apartments, 82 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

93 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 93 are connected to the public water supply, 90 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 8 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chuljá

Besides the 101 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

79 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 172 persons did not finish the school. 31 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 10 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 19 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.