El Caracol - Zacatecas

Facts about El Caracol

Location of El Caracol

El Caracol is located in the municipality of Jalpa in the Mexican state of Zacatecas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -102.849722
Latitude (dec): 21.713611

Height over sea level of El Caracol

The locations medium height over sea level is 1540 meters.

Population in El Caracol

The over all population of El Caracol is 157 persons, 66 of them are male and 91 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 74 minors and 83 adults, with 15 of them being 60 years and older.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 103 citizens of El Caracol.

Economic situation

In El Caracol exist about 40 households.

Of these households 39 are common houses or apartments, 5 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

32 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 39 are connected to the public water supply, 37 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 30 own a washing machine and 37 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Caracol

Besides the 7 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

9 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 64 persons did not finish the school. 23 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 5 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.