Chicumtantic - Chiapas

Facts about Chicumtantic

Location of Chicumtantic

Chicumtantic is located in the municipality of Chamula in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.604444
Latitude (dec): 16.864722

Height over sea level of Chicumtantic

The locations medium height over sea level is 2290 meters.

Population in Chicumtantic

The over all population of Chicumtantic is 1422 persons, 712 of them are male and 710 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 686 minors and 736 adults, with 95 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chicumtantic

1422 inhabitants of the location Chicumtantic in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1247 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 372 people, while 866 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 3 citizens of Chicumtantic.

Economic situation

In Chicumtantic exist about 295 households.

Of these households 292 are common houses or apartments, 201 are without floor and about 42 consist of one room only.

287 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 54 are connected to the public water supply, 260 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 58 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chicumtantic

Besides the 327 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 46 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

305 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 482 persons did not finish the school. 35 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 5 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

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