Bachajón - Chiapas

Facts about Bachajón

Location of Bachajón

Bachajón is located in the municipality of Chilón in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.188056
Latitude (dec): 17.040278

Height over sea level of Bachajón

The locations medium height over sea level is 920 meters.

Population in Bachajón

The over all population of Bachajón is 4023 persons, 1943 of them are male and 2080 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1989 minors and 2034 adults, with 180 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Bachajón

3997 inhabitants of the location Bachajón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 3358 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 757 people, while 2599 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 554 citizens of Bachajón.

Economic situation

In Bachajón exist about 712 households.

Of these households 709 are common houses or apartments, 211 are without floor and about 66 consist of one room only.

583 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 706 are connected to the public water supply, 674 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 36 households to own a computer, 42 own a washing machine and 461 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Bachajón

Besides the 674 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 80 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

666 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 759 persons did not finish the school. 280 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 600 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 331 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.