El Pozo - Chiapas

Facts about El Pozo

Location of El Pozo

El Pozo is located in the municipality of San Juan Cancuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.415278
Latitude (dec): 16.921944

Height over sea level of El Pozo

The locations medium height over sea level is 1540 meters.

Population in El Pozo

The over all population of El Pozo is 1184 persons, 585 of them are male and 599 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 692 minors and 492 adults, with 49 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Pozo

1045 inhabitants of the location El Pozo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 869 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 373 people, while 484 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 5 citizens of El Pozo.

Economic situation

In El Pozo exist about 199 households.

Of these households 223 are common houses or apartments, 185 are without floor and about 9 consist of one room only.

193 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 199 are connected to the public water supply, 193 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 11 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Pozo

Besides the 274 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 18 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

253 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 238 persons did not finish the school. 37 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 28 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 3 years.