Ococh - Chiapas

Facts about Ococh

Location of Ococh

Ococh is located in the municipality of Tenejapa in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.475000
Latitude (dec): 16.839444

Height over sea level of Ococh

The locations medium height over sea level is 1960 meters.

Population in Ococh

The over all population of Ococh is 1321 persons, 630 of them are male and 691 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 674 minors and 647 adults, with 64 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Ococh

1321 inhabitants of the location Ococh in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1101 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 450 people, while 649 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 41 citizens of Ococh.

Economic situation

In Ococh exist about 220 households.

Of these households 215 are common houses or apartments, 206 are without floor and about 9 consist of one room only.

204 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 204 are connected to the public water supply, 207 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 33 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Ococh

Besides the 292 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 35 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

292 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 329 persons did not finish the school. 63 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 45 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 44 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.