Chalchihuitillo - Durango

Facts about Chalchihuitillo

Location of Chalchihuitillo

Chalchihuitillo is located in the municipality of Mezquital in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.480833
Latitude (dec): 22.699722

Height over sea level of Chalchihuitillo

The locations medium height over sea level is 1560 meters.

Population in Chalchihuitillo

The over all population of Chalchihuitillo is 217 persons, 107 of them are male and 110 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 113 minors and 104 adults, with 10 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chalchihuitillo

217 inhabitants of the location Chalchihuitillo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 171 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 35 people, while 135 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 19 citizens of Chalchihuitillo.

Economic situation

In Chalchihuitillo exist about 39 households.

Of these households 37 are common houses or apartments, 31 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.

13 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 5 are connected to the public water supply, 14 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 2 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chalchihuitillo

Besides the 42 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

45 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 39 persons did not finish the school. 12 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 19 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 12 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.