La Virginia - Chiapas

Facts about La Virginia

Location of La Virginia

La Virginia is located in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.173333
Latitude (dec): 16.881389

Height over sea level of La Virginia

The locations medium height over sea level is 1380 meters.

Population in La Virginia

The over all population of La Virginia is 927 persons, 439 of them are male and 488 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 492 minors and 435 adults, with 56 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Virginia

927 inhabitants of the location La Virginia in Mexico live in indigenous households. 785 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 167 people, while 618 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In La Virginia exist about 165 households.

Of these households 165 are common houses or apartments, 144 are without floor and about 18 consist of one room only.

52 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 162 are connected to the public water supply, 154 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 30 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Virginia

Besides the 122 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 3 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

113 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 202 persons did not finish the school. 116 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 58 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 60 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.