Ocotal - Oaxaca

Facts about Ocotal

Location of Ocotal

Ocotal is located in the municipality of San Juan Guichicovi in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -95.128333
Latitude (dec): 16.952222

Height over sea level of Ocotal

The locations medium height over sea level is 360 meters.

Population in Ocotal

The over all population of Ocotal is 1241 persons, 587 of them are male and 654 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 557 minors and 684 adults, with 94 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Ocotal

1241 inhabitants of the location Ocotal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1106 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 383 people, while 721 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 35 citizens of Ocotal.

Economic situation

In Ocotal exist about 303 households.

Of these households 300 are common houses or apartments, 81 are without floor and about 52 consist of one room only.

295 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 285 are connected to the public water supply, 274 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 146 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Ocotal

Besides the 404 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 23 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

402 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 272 persons did not finish the school. 75 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 24 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 56 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.