Tzopilja - Chiapas

Facts about Tzopilja

Location of Tzopilja

Tzopilja is located in the municipality of Oxchuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.308056
Latitude (dec): 16.740000

Height over sea level of Tzopilja

The locations medium height over sea level is 2140 meters.

Population in Tzopilja

The over all population of Tzopilja is 952 persons, 510 of them are male and 442 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 495 minors and 457 adults, with 59 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tzopilja

934 inhabitants of the location Tzopilja in Mexico live in indigenous households. 761 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 324 people, while 433 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 926 citizens of Tzopilja.

Economic situation

In Tzopilja exist about 182 households.

Of these households 185 are common houses or apartments, 180 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

175 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1 are connected to the public water supply, 156 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 31 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tzopilja

Besides the 210 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 29 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

166 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 244 persons did not finish the school. 74 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 17 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 46 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.