Platanar Arriba - Chiapas

Facts about Platanar Arriba

Location of Platanar Arriba

Platanar Arriba is located in the municipality of Pichucalco in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -93.296667
Latitude (dec): 17.555000

Height over sea level of Platanar Arriba

The locations medium height over sea level is 120 meters.

Population in Platanar Arriba

The over all population of Platanar Arriba is 966 persons, 483 of them are male and 483 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 430 minors and 536 adults, with 85 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Platanar Arriba

8 inhabitants of the location Platanar Arriba in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2 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 0 people, while 0 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 45 citizens of Platanar Arriba.

Economic situation

In Platanar Arriba exist about 214 households.

Of these households 192 are common houses or apartments, 63 are without floor and about 6 consist of one room only.

162 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 53 are connected to the public water supply, 147 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 5 households to own a computer, 29 own a washing machine and 128 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Platanar Arriba

Besides the 149 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 16 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

189 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 277 persons did not finish the school. 79 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 68 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 63 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.