Chalam - Chiapas

Facts about Chalam

Location of Chalam

Chalam is located in the municipality of Mitontic in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.549444
Latitude (dec): 16.890556

Height over sea level of Chalam

The locations medium height over sea level is 1770 meters.

Population in Chalam

The over all population of Chalam is 1959 persons, 943 of them are male and 1016 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1123 minors and 836 adults, with 106 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chalam

1957 inhabitants of the location Chalam in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1558 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 888 people, while 665 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 8 citizens of Chalam.

Economic situation

In Chalam exist about 413 households.

Of these households 413 are common houses or apartments, 267 are without floor and about 44 consist of one room only.

410 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 125 are connected to the public water supply, 389 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 78 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chalam

Besides the 558 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 184 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

519 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 398 persons did not finish the school. 40 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 10 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 30 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.