La Pochota - Oaxaca

Facts about La Pochota

Location of La Pochota

La Pochota is located in the municipality of San Pedro Ixcatlán in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.568056
Latitude (dec): 18.216667

Height over sea level of La Pochota

The locations medium height over sea level is 73 meters.

Population in La Pochota

The over all population of La Pochota is 288 persons, 143 of them are male and 145 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 142 minors and 146 adults, with 20 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Pochota

286 inhabitants of the location La Pochota in Mexico live in indigenous households. 246 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 79 people, while 164 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 17 citizens of La Pochota.

Economic situation

In La Pochota exist about 63 households.

Of these households 63 are common houses or apartments, 59 are without floor and about 32 consist of one room only.

48 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 43 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 23 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Pochota

Besides the 52 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

31 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 107 persons did not finish the school. 16 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 6 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 10 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.