Patalja - San Luis Potosí

Facts about Patalja

Location of Patalja

Patalja is located in the municipality of Tanlajás in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.913611
Latitude (dec): 21.651944

Height over sea level of Patalja

The locations medium height over sea level is 200 meters.

Population in Patalja

The over all population of Patalja is 303 persons, 158 of them are male and 145 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 143 minors and 160 adults, with 32 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Patalja

303 inhabitants of the location Patalja in Mexico live in indigenous households. 252 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 10 people, while 239 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 7 citizens of Patalja.

Economic situation

In Patalja exist about 62 households.

Of these households 58 are common houses or apartments, 57 are without floor and about 14 consist of one room only.

54 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 50 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 21 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Patalja

Besides the 30 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

18 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 93 persons did not finish the school. 45 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 22 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 18 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.