Arroyo de Lajas (Lajas) - Durango

Facts about Arroyo de Lajas (Lajas)

Location of Arroyo de Lajas (Lajas)

Arroyo de Lajas (Lajas) is located in the municipality of Guanaceví in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -106.297778
Latitude (dec): 25.941667

Height over sea level of Arroyo de Lajas (Lajas)

The locations medium height over sea level is 2690 meters.

Population in Arroyo de Lajas (Lajas)

The over all population of Arroyo de Lajas (Lajas) is 971 persons, 488 of them are male and 483 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 453 minors and 518 adults, with 48 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Arroyo de Lajas (Lajas)

97 inhabitants of the location Arroyo de Lajas (Lajas) in Mexico live in indigenous households. 33 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 33 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 231 citizens of Arroyo de Lajas (Lajas).

Economic situation

In Arroyo de Lajas (Lajas) exist about 224 households.

Of these households 224 are common houses or apartments, 16 are without floor and about 13 consist of one room only.

181 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 122 are connected to the public water supply, 119 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 113 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Arroyo de Lajas (Lajas)

Besides the 92 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 17 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

118 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 327 persons did not finish the school. 101 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 25 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 18 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.