Ocotepec - Chiapas

Facts about Ocotepec

Location of Ocotepec

Ocotepec is located in the municipality of Ocotepec in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -93.164444
Latitude (dec): 17.223889

Height over sea level of Ocotepec

The locations medium height over sea level is 1450 meters.

Population in Ocotepec

The over all population of Ocotepec is 3812 persons, 1857 of them are male and 1955 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1940 minors and 1872 adults, with 243 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Ocotepec

3781 inhabitants of the location Ocotepec in Mexico live in indigenous households. 3177 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 102 people, while 2504 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 52 citizens of Ocotepec.

Economic situation

In Ocotepec exist about 729 households.

Of these households 721 are common houses or apartments, 238 are without floor and about 92 consist of one room only.

685 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 690 are connected to the public water supply, 688 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 4 own a washing machine and 213 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Ocotepec

Besides the 865 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 65 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

904 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 740 persons did not finish the school. 175 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 270 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 308 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.