Santa María de Ocotán - Durango

Facts about Santa María de Ocotán

Location of Santa María de Ocotán

Santa María de Ocotán is located in the municipality of Mezquital in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.600278
Latitude (dec): 22.916111

Height over sea level of Santa María de Ocotán

The locations medium height over sea level is 1990 meters.

Population in Santa María de Ocotán

The over all population of Santa María de Ocotán is 514 persons, 256 of them are male and 258 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 279 minors and 235 adults, with 18 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santa María de Ocotán

505 inhabitants of the location Santa María de Ocotán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 414 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 26 people, while 384 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 392 citizens of Santa María de Ocotán.

Economic situation

In Santa María de Ocotán exist about 93 households.

Of these households 92 are common houses or apartments, 28 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

81 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 47 are connected to the public water supply, 40 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 7 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santa María de Ocotán

Besides the 79 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

82 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 95 persons did not finish the school. 58 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 33 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 34 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.