Jocosic - Chiapas

Facts about Jocosic

Location of Jocosic

Jocosic is located in the municipality of Huixtán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.458056
Latitude (dec): 16.765000

Height over sea level of Jocosic

The locations medium height over sea level is 2349 meters.

Population in Jocosic

The over all population of Jocosic is 669 persons, 315 of them are male and 354 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 358 minors and 311 adults, with 37 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Jocosic

669 inhabitants of the location Jocosic in Mexico live in indigenous households. 566 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 163 people, while 400 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1 citizens of Jocosic.

Economic situation

In Jocosic exist about 109 households.

Of these households 109 are common houses or apartments, 107 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

108 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 23 are connected to the public water supply, 107 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 15 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Jocosic

Besides the 91 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 16 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

70 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 245 persons did not finish the school. 20 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 13 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 22 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.