Baquelchán - Chiapas

Facts about Baquelchán

Location of Baquelchán

Baquelchán is located in the municipality of San Juan Cancuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.351111
Latitude (dec): 16.987500

Height over sea level of Baquelchán

The locations medium height over sea level is 1160 meters.

Population in Baquelchán

The over all population of Baquelchán is 782 persons, 395 of them are male and 387 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 456 minors and 326 adults, with 25 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Baquelchán

782 inhabitants of the location Baquelchán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 621 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 267 people, while 354 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Baquelchán.

Economic situation

In Baquelchán exist about 148 households.

Of these households 148 are common houses or apartments, 147 are without floor and about 37 consist of one room only.

140 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 141 have access to electricity.

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

School and education in Baquelchán

Besides the 169 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 32 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

165 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 201 persons did not finish the school. 10 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 7 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 24 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.