Platanitos - Durango

Facts about Platanitos

Location of Platanitos

Platanitos is located in the municipality of Mezquital in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.561389
Latitude (dec): 23.148611

Height over sea level of Platanitos

The locations medium height over sea level is 1540 meters.

Population in Platanitos

The over all population of Platanitos is 44 persons, 25 of them are male and 19 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 20 minors and 24 adults, with 0 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Platanitos

44 inhabitants of the location Platanitos in Mexico live in indigenous households. 42 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 9 people, while 33 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 16 citizens of Platanitos.

Economic situation

In Platanitos exist about 6 households.

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

3 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 2 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 Platanitos

Besides the 16 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

12 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 11 persons did not finish the school. 2 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.