Tzinil - Chiapas

Facts about Tzinil

Location of Tzinil

Tzinil is located in the municipality of Socoltenango in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.322222
Latitude (dec): 16.257500

Height over sea level of Tzinil

The locations medium height over sea level is 1160 meters.

Population in Tzinil

The over all population of Tzinil is 981 persons, 503 of them are male and 478 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 504 minors and 477 adults, with 66 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tzinil

2 inhabitants of the location Tzinil in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1 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 1 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 74 citizens of Tzinil.

Economic situation

In Tzinil exist about 192 households.

Of these households 196 are common houses or apartments, 79 are without floor and about 43 consist of one room only.

135 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 174 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 4 own a washing machine and 99 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tzinil

Besides the 230 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 29 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

232 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 286 persons did not finish the school. 32 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 10 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 28 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.