Charcas - San Luis Potosí

Facts about Charcas

Location of Charcas

Charcas is located in the municipality of Charcas in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -101.112778
Latitude (dec): 23.126111

Height over sea level of Charcas

The locations medium height over sea level is 2010 meters.

Population in Charcas

The over all population of Charcas is 11414 persons, 5354 of them are male and 6060 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 4440 minors and 6974 adults, with 1286 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Charcas

60 inhabitants of the location Charcas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 26 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 0 people, while 25 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 7156 citizens of Charcas.

Economic situation

In Charcas exist about 2892 households.

Of these households 2897 are common houses or apartments, 234 are without floor and about 85 consist of one room only.

2794 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2686 are connected to the public water supply, 2775 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 268 households to own a computer, 1743 own a washing machine and 2633 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Charcas

Besides the 663 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 90 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

725 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 2856 persons did not finish the school. 2207 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1650 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 608 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.