Muruata - Durango

Facts about Muruata

Location of Muruata

Muruata is located in the municipality of Mezquital in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.461667
Latitude (dec): 22.733333

Height over sea level of Muruata

The locations medium height over sea level is 1460 meters.

Population in Muruata

The over all population of Muruata is 237 persons, 126 of them are male and 111 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 126 minors and 111 adults, with 10 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Muruata

237 inhabitants of the location Muruata in Mexico live in indigenous households. 204 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 46 people, while 157 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 25 citizens of Muruata.

Economic situation

In Muruata exist about 36 households.

Of these households 36 are common houses or apartments, 30 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

14 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 15 are connected to the public water supply, 26 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 1 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Muruata

Besides the 33 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

34 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 44 persons did not finish the school. 26 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 17 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.