Cantioc - Chiapas

Facts about Cantioc

Location of Cantioc

Cantioc is located in the municipality of Tila in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.407222
Latitude (dec): 17.262500

Height over sea level of Cantioc

The locations medium height over sea level is 900 meters.

Population in Cantioc

The over all population of Cantioc is 1323 persons, 665 of them are male and 658 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 597 minors and 726 adults, with 91 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cantioc

1317 inhabitants of the location Cantioc in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1153 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 369 people, while 783 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 13 citizens of Cantioc.

Economic situation

In Cantioc exist about 273 households.

Of these households 259 are common houses or apartments, 219 are without floor and about 32 consist of one room only.

244 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 243 are connected to the public water supply, 225 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 93 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cantioc

Besides the 306 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 19 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

220 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 407 persons did not finish the school. 117 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 78 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 75 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.