Mezcala - Jalisco

Facts about Mezcala

Location of Mezcala

Mezcala is located in the municipality of Tepatitlán de Morelos in the Mexican state of Jalisco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -102.846389
Latitude (dec): 20.953056

Height over sea level of Mezcala

The locations medium height over sea level is 1660 meters.

Population in Mezcala

The over all population of Mezcala is 1840 persons, 874 of them are male and 966 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 667 minors and 1173 adults, with 279 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mezcala

10 inhabitants of the location Mezcala in Mexico live in indigenous households. 3 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 3 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 461 citizens of Mezcala.

Economic situation

In Mezcala exist about 485 households.

Of these households 485 are common houses or apartments, 7 are without floor and about 13 consist of one room only.

475 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 480 are connected to the public water supply, 472 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 16 households to own a computer, 405 own a washing machine and 464 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mezcala

Besides the 196 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 35 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

231 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 802 persons did not finish the school. 160 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 69 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 41 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.