Melchor Ocampo - Durango

Facts about Melchor Ocampo

Location of Melchor Ocampo

Melchor Ocampo is located in the municipality of Santiago Papasquiaro in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -105.261111
Latitude (dec): 25.365000

Height over sea level of Melchor Ocampo

The locations medium height over sea level is 1640 meters.

Population in Melchor Ocampo

The over all population of Melchor Ocampo is 290 persons, 135 of them are male and 155 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 112 minors and 178 adults, with 52 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Melchor Ocampo

2 inhabitants of the location Melchor Ocampo 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 59 citizens of Melchor Ocampo.

Economic situation

In Melchor Ocampo exist about 78 households.

Of these households 78 are common houses or apartments, 9 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

54 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 74 are connected to the public water supply, 77 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 25 own a washing machine and 73 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Melchor Ocampo

Besides the 18 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

20 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 144 persons did not finish the school. 35 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 4 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.