El Barrancón - San Luis Potosí

Facts about El Barrancón

Location of El Barrancón

El Barrancón is located in the municipality of Tanlajás in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.855833
Latitude (dec): 21.674722

Height over sea level of El Barrancón

The locations medium height over sea level is 90 meters.

Population in El Barrancón

The over all population of El Barrancón is 619 persons, 303 of them are male and 316 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 280 minors and 339 adults, with 60 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Barrancón

615 inhabitants of the location El Barrancón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 543 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 14 people, while 529 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 321 citizens of El Barrancón.

Economic situation

In El Barrancón exist about 124 households.

Of these households 124 are common houses or apartments, 108 are without floor and about 19 consist of one room only.

119 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 117 are connected to the public water supply, 111 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2 households to own a computer, 9 own a washing machine and 75 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Barrancón

Besides the 59 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

37 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 162 persons did not finish the school. 84 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 106 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 76 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.