El Pozo - Chiapas

Facts about El Pozo

Location of El Pozo

El Pozo is located in the municipality of Chamula in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.572222
Latitude (dec): 16.853611

Height over sea level of El Pozo

The locations medium height over sea level is 2333 meters.

Population in El Pozo

The over all population of El Pozo is 657 persons, 334 of them are male and 323 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 343 minors and 314 adults, with 37 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Pozo

656 inhabitants of the location El Pozo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 561 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 244 people, while 312 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of El Pozo.

Economic situation

In El Pozo exist about 163 households.

Of these households 163 are common houses or apartments, 127 are without floor and about 48 consist of one room only.

142 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 121 are connected to the public water supply, 151 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 34 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Pozo

Besides the 185 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 53 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

182 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 173 persons did not finish the school. 10 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 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 3 years.