Ocotal - Chiapas

Facts about Ocotal

Location of Ocotal

Ocotal is located in the municipality of Yajalón in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.323611
Latitude (dec): 17.135556

Height over sea level of Ocotal

The locations medium height over sea level is 1880 meters.

Population in Ocotal

The over all population of Ocotal is 271 persons, 127 of them are male and 144 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 138 minors and 133 adults, with 19 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Ocotal

271 inhabitants of the location Ocotal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 226 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 57 people, while 169 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Ocotal exist about 52 households.

Of these households 46 are common houses or apartments, 36 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

22 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 20 are connected to the public water supply, 19 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 Ocotal

Besides the 66 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

72 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 70 persons did not finish the school. 6 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 0 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 2 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.