La Laja - Guanajuato

Facts about La Laja

Location of La Laja

La Laja is located in the municipality of Celaya in the Mexican state of Guanajuato with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -100.762778
Latitude (dec): 20.529167

Height over sea level of La Laja

The locations medium height over sea level is 1760 meters.

Population in La Laja

The over all population of La Laja is 1853 persons, 860 of them are male and 993 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 804 minors and 1049 adults, with 138 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Laja

0 inhabitants of the location La Laja 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 507 citizens of La Laja.

Economic situation

In La Laja exist about 410 households.

Of these households 385 are common houses or apartments, 44 are without floor and about 19 consist of one room only.

359 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 371 are connected to the public water supply, 370 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 9 households to own a computer, 276 own a washing machine and 361 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Laja

Besides the 185 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 23 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

192 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 580 persons did not finish the school. 296 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 92 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 73 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.