Achotal - Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave

Facts about Achotal

Location of Achotal

Achotal is located in the municipality of San Juan Evangelista in the Mexican state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -95.132500
Latitude (dec): 17.735833

Height over sea level of Achotal

The locations medium height over sea level is 40 meters.

Population in Achotal

The over all population of Achotal is 1538 persons, 720 of them are male and 818 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 485 minors and 1053 adults, with 303 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Achotal

7 inhabitants of the location Achotal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 5 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 4 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 149 citizens of Achotal.

Economic situation

In Achotal exist about 468 households.

Of these households 468 are common houses or apartments, 60 are without floor and about 28 consist of one room only.

429 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2 are connected to the public water supply, 460 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 5 households to own a computer, 187 own a washing machine and 417 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Achotal

Besides the 184 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

157 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 576 persons did not finish the school. 161 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 219 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 116 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.