Puilja - Chiapas

Facts about Puilja

Location of Puilja

Puilja is located in the municipality of Oxchuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.245278
Latitude (dec): 16.772500

Height over sea level of Puilja

The locations medium height over sea level is 1727 meters.

Population in Puilja

The over all population of Puilja is 555 persons, 268 of them are male and 287 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 267 minors and 288 adults, with 23 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Puilja

555 inhabitants of the location Puilja in Mexico live in indigenous households. 479 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 121 people, while 356 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 503 citizens of Puilja.

Economic situation

In Puilja exist about 96 households.

Of these households 96 are common houses or apartments, 92 are without floor and about 15 consist of one room only.

94 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 24 are connected to the public water supply, 82 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 4 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Puilja

Besides the 82 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

39 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 189 persons did not finish the school. 76 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 14 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 20 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.