Chevolcán - Chiapas

Facts about Chevolcán

Location of Chevolcán

Chevolcán is located in the municipality of Motozintla in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.321111
Latitude (dec): 15.348056

Height over sea level of Chevolcán

The locations medium height over sea level is 1700 meters.

Population in Chevolcán

The over all population of Chevolcán is 450 persons, 218 of them are male and 232 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 249 minors and 201 adults, with 20 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chevolcán

6 inhabitants of the location Chevolcán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1 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 0 people, while 1 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 29 citizens of Chevolcán.

Economic situation

In Chevolcán exist about 65 households.

Of these households 65 are common houses or apartments, 42 are without floor and about 8 consist of one room only.

58 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 22 are connected to the public water supply, 60 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 10 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chevolcán

Besides the 31 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 6 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

24 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 177 persons did not finish the school. 39 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 27 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.