Barranca Seca - Oaxaca

Facts about Barranca Seca

Location of Barranca Seca

Barranca Seca is located in the municipality of Santa María Chilchotla in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.738889
Latitude (dec): 18.312222

Height over sea level of Barranca Seca

The locations medium height over sea level is 140 meters.

Population in Barranca Seca

The over all population of Barranca Seca is 537 persons, 262 of them are male and 275 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 258 minors and 279 adults, with 55 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Barranca Seca

537 inhabitants of the location Barranca Seca in Mexico live in indigenous households. 462 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 134 people, while 328 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Barranca Seca.

Economic situation

In Barranca Seca exist about 115 households.

Of these households 115 are common houses or apartments, 109 are without floor and about 40 consist of one room only.

114 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1 are connected to the public water supply, 83 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 17 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Barranca Seca

Besides the 143 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

119 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 157 persons did not finish the school. 25 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 10 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 20 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.