El Ocotal - Chiapas

Facts about El Ocotal

Location of El Ocotal

El Ocotal is located in the municipality of Tila in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.503889
Latitude (dec): 17.282500

Height over sea level of El Ocotal

The locations medium height over sea level is 1100 meters.

Population in El Ocotal

The over all population of El Ocotal is 542 persons, 287 of them are male and 255 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 312 minors and 230 adults, with 19 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Ocotal

531 inhabitants of the location El Ocotal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 453 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 131 people, while 322 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In El Ocotal exist about 90 households.

Of these households 92 are common houses or apartments, 89 are without floor and about 6 consist of one room only.

88 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 39 are connected to the public water supply, 89 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 6 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Ocotal

Besides the 139 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 12 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

113 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 130 persons did not finish the school. 26 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 6 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 27 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.