Yalcoc - Chiapas

Facts about Yalcoc

Location of Yalcoc

Yalcoc is located in the municipality of Las Margaritas in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.988611
Latitude (dec): 16.341111

Height over sea level of Yalcoc

The locations medium height over sea level is 1580 meters.

Population in Yalcoc

The over all population of Yalcoc is 479 persons, 236 of them are male and 243 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 176 minors and 303 adults, with 42 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Yalcoc

168 inhabitants of the location Yalcoc in Mexico live in indigenous households. 86 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 4 people, while 81 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 162 citizens of Yalcoc.

Economic situation

In Yalcoc exist about 107 households.

Of these households 103 are common houses or apartments, 24 are without floor and about 0 consist of one room only.

96 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 98 are connected to the public water supply, 97 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 18 own a washing machine and 84 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Yalcoc

Besides the 83 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 6 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

84 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 128 persons did not finish the school. 84 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 43 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 21 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.