Pom - Chiapas

Facts about Pom

Location of Pom

Pom is located in the municipality of Chalchihuitán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.573611
Latitude (dec): 16.963611

Height over sea level of Pom

The locations medium height over sea level is 1460 meters.

Population in Pom

The over all population of Pom is 333 persons, 166 of them are male and 167 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 214 minors and 119 adults, with 9 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Pom

333 inhabitants of the location Pom in Mexico live in indigenous households. 252 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 113 people, while 139 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 4 citizens of Pom.

Economic situation

In Pom exist about 64 households.

Of these households 64 are common houses or apartments, 64 are without floor and about 15 consist of one room only.

62 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 42 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 2 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Pom

Besides the 50 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 16 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

45 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 79 persons did not finish the school. 14 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 9 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.