Petalcingo - Chiapas

Facts about Petalcingo

Location of Petalcingo

Petalcingo is located in the municipality of Tila in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.414722
Latitude (dec): 17.224444

Height over sea level of Petalcingo

The locations medium height over sea level is 700 meters.

Population in Petalcingo

The over all population of Petalcingo is 5984 persons, 2988 of them are male and 2996 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 2729 minors and 3255 adults, with 390 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Petalcingo

5896 inhabitants of the location Petalcingo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 4961 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 922 people, while 4019 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 43 citizens of Petalcingo.

Economic situation

In Petalcingo exist about 1128 households.

Of these households 1111 are common houses or apartments, 489 are without floor and about 150 consist of one room only.

1085 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1055 are connected to the public water supply, 1070 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 6 households to own a computer, 29 own a washing machine and 554 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Petalcingo

Besides the 1465 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 135 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

1437 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1384 persons did not finish the school. 369 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 454 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 438 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.