Chicontla - Puebla

Facts about Chicontla

Location of Chicontla

Chicontla is located in the municipality of Jopala in the Mexican state of Puebla with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.830833
Latitude (dec): 20.246111

Height over sea level of Chicontla

The locations medium height over sea level is 340 meters.

Population in Chicontla

The over all population of Chicontla is 3249 persons, 1543 of them are male and 1706 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1431 minors and 1818 adults, with 303 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chicontla

2728 inhabitants of the location Chicontla in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1314 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 57 people, while 1241 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1919 citizens of Chicontla.

Economic situation

In Chicontla exist about 728 households.

Of these households 679 are common houses or apartments, 96 are without floor and about 55 consist of one room only.

646 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 654 are connected to the public water supply, 662 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 14 households to own a computer, 99 own a washing machine and 519 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chicontla

Besides the 606 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 45 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

523 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 950 persons did not finish the school. 286 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 300 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 229 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.