Tzajalá - Chiapas

Facts about Tzajalá

Location of Tzajalá

Tzajalá is located in the municipality of Chilón in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.395556
Latitude (dec): 17.133889

Height over sea level of Tzajalá

The locations medium height over sea level is 1340 meters.

Population in Tzajalá

The over all population of Tzajalá is 2154 persons, 1081 of them are male and 1073 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1059 minors and 1095 adults, with 119 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tzajalá

2154 inhabitants of the location Tzajalá in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1887 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 770 people, while 1113 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 16 citizens of Tzajalá.

Economic situation

In Tzajalá exist about 427 households.

Of these households 427 are common houses or apartments, 397 are without floor and about 24 consist of one room only.

417 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 411 are connected to the public water supply, 415 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 25 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tzajalá

Besides the 580 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 76 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

534 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 544 persons did not finish the school. 72 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 105 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 150 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.