Tamchén - Yucatán

Facts about Tamchén

Location of Tamchén

Tamchén is located in the municipality of Kinchil in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.931944
Latitude (dec): 20.875278

Height over sea level of Tamchén

The locations medium height over sea level is 5 meters.

Population in Tamchén

The over all population of Tamchén is 259 persons, 134 of them are male and 125 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 117 minors and 142 adults, with 11 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tamchén

252 inhabitants of the location Tamchén in Mexico live in indigenous households. 148 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 2 people, while 146 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 130 citizens of Tamchén.

Economic situation

In Tamchén exist about 59 households.

Of these households 59 are common houses or apartments, 1 are without floor and about 28 consist of one room only.

39 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 57 are connected to the public water supply, 56 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 26 own a washing machine and 50 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tamchén

Besides the 41 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 6 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

38 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 96 persons did not finish the school. 18 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 5 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 8 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.