Chanal - Chiapas

Facts about Chanal

Location of Chanal

Chanal is located in the municipality of Chanal in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.257500
Latitude (dec): 16.657500

Height over sea level of Chanal

The locations medium height over sea level is 2100 meters.

Population in Chanal

The over all population of Chanal is 6297 persons, 3087 of them are male and 3210 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 3559 minors and 2738 adults, with 393 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chanal

6203 inhabitants of the location Chanal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 5003 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 1875 people, while 3079 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1976 citizens of Chanal.

Economic situation

In Chanal exist about 1002 households.

Of these households 1006 are common houses or apartments, 796 are without floor and about 40 consist of one room only.

886 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 652 are connected to the public water supply, 915 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 3 households to own a computer, 4 own a washing machine and 264 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chanal

Besides the 1310 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 116 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

1156 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1226 persons did not finish the school. 397 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 329 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 398 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.