Tanlajás - San Luis Potosí

Facts about Tanlajás

Location of Tanlajás

Tanlajás is located in the municipality of Tanlajás in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.887778
Latitude (dec): 21.667222

Height over sea level of Tanlajás

The locations medium height over sea level is 140 meters.

Population in Tanlajás

The over all population of Tanlajás is 1266 persons, 604 of them are male and 662 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 506 minors and 760 adults, with 150 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tanlajás

646 inhabitants of the location Tanlajás in Mexico live in indigenous households. 355 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 3 people, while 349 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 856 citizens of Tanlajás.

Economic situation

In Tanlajás exist about 291 households.

Of these households 282 are common houses or apartments, 69 are without floor and about 15 consist of one room only.

265 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 257 are connected to the public water supply, 266 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 23 households to own a computer, 118 own a washing machine and 220 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tanlajás

Besides the 54 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

48 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 272 persons did not finish the school. 144 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 362 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 119 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 9 years.