Mahas - Yucatán

Facts about Mahas

Location of Mahas

Mahas is located in the municipality of Tixcacalcupul in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -88.331389
Latitude (dec): 20.309444

Height over sea level of Mahas

The locations medium height over sea level is 25 meters.

Population in Mahas

The over all population of Mahas is 377 persons, 196 of them are male and 181 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 160 minors and 217 adults, with 28 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mahas

372 inhabitants of the location Mahas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 323 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 40 people, while 282 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 269 citizens of Mahas.

Economic situation

In Mahas exist about 84 households.

Of these households 83 are common houses or apartments, 12 are without floor and about 23 consist of one room only.

57 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 76 are connected to the public water supply, 69 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 22 own a washing machine and 45 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mahas

Besides the 52 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 6 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

34 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 143 persons did not finish the school. 39 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 12 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 12 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.