Lacanjá Chansayab - Chiapas

Facts about Lacanjá Chansayab

Location of Lacanjá Chansayab

Lacanjá Chansayab is located in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.130000
Latitude (dec): 16.762222

Height over sea level of Lacanjá Chansayab

The locations medium height over sea level is 340 meters.

Population in Lacanjá Chansayab

The over all population of Lacanjá Chansayab is 263 persons, 135 of them are male and 128 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 131 minors and 132 adults, with 5 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Lacanjá Chansayab

261 inhabitants of the location Lacanjá Chansayab in Mexico live in indigenous households. 222 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 38 people, while 183 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 11 citizens of Lacanjá Chansayab.

Economic situation

In Lacanjá Chansayab exist about 68 households.

Of these households 68 are common houses or apartments, 36 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

61 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 4 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 12 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Lacanjá Chansayab

Besides the 79 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 15 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

76 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 68 persons did not finish the school. 12 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 6 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.