Bethel - Chiapas

Facts about Bethel

Location of Bethel

Bethel is located in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.111111
Latitude (dec): 16.771944

Height over sea level of Bethel

The locations medium height over sea level is 440 meters.

Population in Bethel

The over all population of Bethel is 137 persons, 69 of them are male and 68 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 67 minors and 70 adults, with 5 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Bethel

137 inhabitants of the location Bethel in Mexico live in indigenous households. 112 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 14 people, while 91 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Bethel.

Economic situation

In Bethel exist about 34 households.

Of these households 34 are common houses or apartments, 15 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

25 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 11 are connected to the public water supply, 32 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 1 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Bethel

Besides the 46 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

43 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 31 persons did not finish the school. 5 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 2 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.