Lacanjá Tzeltal - Chiapas

Facts about Lacanjá Tzeltal

Location of Lacanjá Tzeltal

Lacanjá Tzeltal is located in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.297500
Latitude (dec): 16.939722

Height over sea level of Lacanjá Tzeltal

The locations medium height over sea level is 440 meters.

Population in Lacanjá Tzeltal

The over all population of Lacanjá Tzeltal is 1002 persons, 503 of them are male and 499 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 594 minors and 408 adults, with 36 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Lacanjá Tzeltal

968 inhabitants of the location Lacanjá Tzeltal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 838 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 219 people, while 613 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Lacanjá Tzeltal exist about 148 households.

Of these households 153 are common houses or apartments, 68 are without floor and about 21 consist of one room only.

115 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 137 are connected to the public water supply, 137 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 27 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Lacanjá Tzeltal

Besides the 145 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 34 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

130 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 241 persons did not finish the school. 61 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 47 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 47 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.