El Carmen - Chiapas

Facts about El Carmen

Location of El Carmen

El Carmen is located in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.161389
Latitude (dec): 16.971111

Height over sea level of El Carmen

The locations medium height over sea level is 1060 meters.

Population in El Carmen

The over all population of El Carmen is 252 persons, 128 of them are male and 124 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 137 minors and 115 adults, with 8 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Carmen

252 inhabitants of the location El Carmen in Mexico live in indigenous households. 207 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 65 people, while 142 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 5 citizens of El Carmen.

Economic situation

In El Carmen exist about 43 households.

Of these households 43 are common houses or apartments, 39 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

27 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 33 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 4 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Carmen

Besides the 49 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 23 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

49 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 75 persons did not finish the school. 5 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.