Cherán - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about Cherán

Location of Cherán

Cherán is located in the municipality of Cherán in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -101.954722
Latitude (dec): 19.686667

Height over sea level of Cherán

The locations medium height over sea level is 2380 meters.

Population in Cherán

The over all population of Cherán is 12331 persons, 5860 of them are male and 6471 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 5216 minors and 7115 adults, with 1118 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cherán

6107 inhabitants of the location Cherán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2344 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 5 people, while 2179 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2599 citizens of Cherán.

Economic situation

In Cherán exist about 2566 households.

Of these households 2435 are common houses or apartments, 1019 are without floor and about 78 consist of one room only.

2297 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2064 are connected to the public water supply, 2316 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 205 households to own a computer, 1136 own a washing machine and 2015 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cherán

Besides the 1226 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 94 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

809 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 3233 persons did not finish the school. 1360 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2156 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1039 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.