Chiloljá - Chiapas

Facts about Chiloljá

Location of Chiloljá

Chiloljá is located in the municipality of San Juan Cancuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.425000
Latitude (dec): 16.886667

Height over sea level of Chiloljá

The locations medium height over sea level is 990 meters.

Population in Chiloljá

The over all population of Chiloljá is 1838 persons, 890 of them are male and 948 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1055 minors and 783 adults, with 72 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chiloljá

1794 inhabitants of the location Chiloljá in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1492 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 768 people, while 723 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Chiloljá exist about 296 households.

Of these households 304 are common houses or apartments, 269 are without floor and about 12 consist of one room only.

277 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 286 are connected to the public water supply, 296 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 25 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chiloljá

Besides the 387 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 57 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

316 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 484 persons did not finish the school. 61 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 47 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 78 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.