Bomchen - Chiapas

Facts about Bomchen

Location of Bomchen

Bomchen is located in the municipality of Zinacantán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.746944
Latitude (dec): 16.711111

Height over sea level of Bomchen

The locations medium height over sea level is 2400 meters.

Population in Bomchen

The over all population of Bomchen is 234 persons, 117 of them are male and 117 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 119 minors and 115 adults, with 18 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Bomchen

234 inhabitants of the location Bomchen in Mexico live in indigenous households. 200 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 127 people, while 72 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Bomchen exist about 48 households.

Of these households 48 are common houses or apartments, 35 are without floor and about 21 consist of one room only.

47 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1 are connected to the public water supply, 47 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 27 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Bomchen

Besides the 95 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 43 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

95 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 33 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 2 years.