Jitotol - Chiapas

Facts about Jitotol

Location of Jitotol

Jitotol is located in the municipality of Jitotol in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.860833
Latitude (dec): 17.067222

Height over sea level of Jitotol

The locations medium height over sea level is 1650 meters.

Population in Jitotol

The over all population of Jitotol is 3701 persons, 1838 of them are male and 1863 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1614 minors and 2087 adults, with 229 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Jitotol

1008 inhabitants of the location Jitotol in Mexico live in indigenous households. 641 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 10 people, while 577 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1564 citizens of Jitotol.

Economic situation

In Jitotol exist about 841 households.

Of these households 761 are common houses or apartments, 224 are without floor and about 174 consist of one room only.

598 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 745 are connected to the public water supply, 744 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 49 households to own a computer, 190 own a washing machine and 546 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Jitotol

Besides the 393 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 66 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

364 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 838 persons did not finish the school. 341 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 621 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 330 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.