Tzajalchén - Chiapas

Facts about Tzajalchén

Location of Tzajalchén

Tzajalchén is located in the municipality of Tenejapa in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.460000
Latitude (dec): 16.844167

Height over sea level of Tzajalchén

The locations medium height over sea level is 1562 meters.

Population in Tzajalchén

The over all population of Tzajalchén is 2210 persons, 1083 of them are male and 1127 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1155 minors and 1055 adults, with 104 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tzajalchén

2210 inhabitants of the location Tzajalchén in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1872 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 564 people, while 1296 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 40 citizens of Tzajalchén.

Economic situation

In Tzajalchén exist about 357 households.

Of these households 352 are common houses or apartments, 187 are without floor and about 28 consist of one room only.

345 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 343 are connected to the public water supply, 349 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 62 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tzajalchén

Besides the 434 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 45 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

409 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 673 persons did not finish the school. 98 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 29 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 81 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.