Puertecito de Lajas - Colima

Facts about Puertecito de Lajas

Location of Puertecito de Lajas

Puertecito de Lajas is located in the municipality of Manzanillo in the Mexican state of Colima with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.190556
Latitude (dec): 19.236389

Height over sea level of Puertecito de Lajas

The locations medium height over sea level is 430 meters.

Population in Puertecito de Lajas

The over all population of Puertecito de Lajas is 281 persons, 143 of them are male and 138 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 88 minors and 193 adults, with 57 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Puertecito de Lajas

3 inhabitants of the location Puertecito de Lajas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1 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 0 people, while 1 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 230 citizens of Puertecito de Lajas.

Economic situation

In Puertecito de Lajas exist about 80 households.

Of these households 80 are common houses or apartments, 19 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

70 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 65 are connected to the public water supply, 75 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 48 own a washing machine and 54 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Puertecito de Lajas

Besides the 47 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

43 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 116 persons did not finish the school. 26 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 24 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 20 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.