Tzajalchén - Chiapas

Facts about Tzajalchén

Location of Tzajalchén

Tzajalchén is located in the municipality of Oxchuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.277222
Latitude (dec): 16.842778

Height over sea level of Tzajalchén

The locations medium height over sea level is 1600 meters.

Population in Tzajalchén

The over all population of Tzajalchén is 506 persons, 259 of them are male and 247 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 264 minors and 242 adults, with 41 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tzajalchén

506 inhabitants of the location Tzajalchén in Mexico live in indigenous households. 434 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 149 people, while 285 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 485 citizens of Tzajalchén.

Economic situation

In Tzajalchén exist about 79 households.

Of these households 79 are common houses or apartments, 55 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

77 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 53 are connected to the public water supply, 66 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 13 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tzajalchén

Besides the 71 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

45 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 147 persons did not finish the school. 47 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 42 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 40 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.