Chankom

Information and facts about the municipality of Chankom

Location of Chankom

The municipality of Chankom is located in the Mexican state of Yucatán México

Population of Chankom

The overall population of the municipality named Chankom is 4340 citizens, 2205 males and 2135 females.

Age distribution

The population of Chankom is divided into 1843 minors and 2497 adults, with 405 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Chankom

4330 people in Chankom live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 3791 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 358 and 3400 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1823 citizens of Chankom.

Economic situation

In Chankom about 951 households are registered.

951 of these households are common houses or apartments, 161 are without floor and about 230 consist of one room only.

213 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 877 are connected to the public water supply, 814 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2 households to own a computer, 97 own a washing machine and 444 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chankom

Besides the 603 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 46 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

530 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1606 persons did not finish the school. 419 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 196 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 210 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.