El Deca - Hidalgo

Facts about El Deca

Location of El Deca

El Deca is located in the municipality of Cardonal in the Mexican state of Hidalgo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.141389
Latitude (dec): 20.612222

Height over sea level of El Deca

The locations medium height over sea level is 2040 meters.

Population in El Deca

The over all population of El Deca is 661 persons, 317 of them are male and 344 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 230 minors and 431 adults, with 61 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Deca

651 inhabitants of the location El Deca in Mexico live in indigenous households. 505 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 30 people, while 475 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 150 citizens of El Deca.

Economic situation

In El Deca exist about 143 households.

Of these households 144 are common houses or apartments, 18 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.

135 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 141 are connected to the public water supply, 141 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 15 households to own a computer, 21 own a washing machine and 119 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Deca

Besides the 69 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 3 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

67 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 92 persons did not finish the school. 137 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 178 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 79 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 9 years.