Mesa de Platanitos - Durango

Facts about Mesa de Platanitos

Location of Mesa de Platanitos

Mesa de Platanitos is located in the municipality of Mezquital in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.580833
Latitude (dec): 23.153889

Height over sea level of Mesa de Platanitos

The locations medium height over sea level is 1570 meters.

Population in Mesa de Platanitos

The over all population of Mesa de Platanitos is 82 persons, 30 of them are male and 52 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 47 minors and 35 adults, with 4 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mesa de Platanitos

82 inhabitants of the location Mesa de Platanitos in Mexico live in indigenous households. 64 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 11 people, while 53 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 20 citizens of Mesa de Platanitos.

Economic situation

In Mesa de Platanitos exist about 9 households.

Of these households 9 are common houses or apartments, 6 are without floor and about 0 consist of one room only.

6 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 4 have access to electricity.

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

School and education in Mesa de Platanitos

Besides the 13 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 0 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

15 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 17 persons did not finish the school. 6 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 4 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 8 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.