Tila - Chiapas

Facts about Tila

Location of Tila

Tila is located in the municipality of Tila in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.425556
Latitude (dec): 17.300278

Height over sea level of Tila

The locations medium height over sea level is 840 meters.

Population in Tila

The over all population of Tila is 6476 persons, 3169 of them are male and 3307 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 3096 minors and 3380 adults, with 445 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tila

5543 inhabitants of the location Tila in Mexico live in indigenous households. 3991 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 246 people, while 3738 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1103 citizens of Tila.

Economic situation

In Tila exist about 1240 households.

Of these households 1231 are common houses or apartments, 372 are without floor and about 103 consist of one room only.

1042 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 983 are connected to the public water supply, 1051 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 99 households to own a computer, 149 own a washing machine and 761 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tila

Besides the 716 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 49 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

637 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1182 persons did not finish the school. 575 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1398 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 598 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.