Cerrito Gordo - Durango

Facts about Cerrito Gordo

Location of Cerrito Gordo

Cerrito Gordo is located in the municipality of Mezquital in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.640556
Latitude (dec): 23.143333

Height over sea level of Cerrito Gordo

The locations medium height over sea level is 2070 meters.

Population in Cerrito Gordo

The over all population of Cerrito Gordo is 245 persons, 117 of them are male and 128 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 135 minors and 110 adults, with 8 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cerrito Gordo

242 inhabitants of the location Cerrito Gordo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 199 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 62 people, while 136 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 78 citizens of Cerrito Gordo.

Economic situation

In Cerrito Gordo exist about 36 households.

Of these households 37 are common houses or apartments, 34 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

30 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2 are connected to the public water supply, 25 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 4 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cerrito Gordo

Besides the 41 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

40 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 53 persons did not finish the school. 13 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 14 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 9 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.