Platanar - Jalisco

Facts about Platanar

Location of Platanar

Platanar is located in the municipality of Tuxpan in the Mexican state of Jalisco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.460833
Latitude (dec): 19.481389

Height over sea level of Platanar

The locations medium height over sea level is 980 meters.

Population in Platanar

The over all population of Platanar is 452 persons, 227 of them are male and 225 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 126 minors and 326 adults, with 95 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Platanar

2 inhabitants of the location Platanar 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 202 citizens of Platanar.

Economic situation

In Platanar exist about 128 households.

Of these households 129 are common houses or apartments, 13 are without floor and about 10 consist of one room only.

121 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 125 are connected to the public water supply, 123 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2 households to own a computer, 51 own a washing machine and 108 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Platanar

Besides the 26 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

25 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 180 persons did not finish the school. 96 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 46 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 18 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.