Parra - Guanajuato

Facts about Parra

Location of Parra

Parra is located in the municipality of Cortazar in the Mexican state of Guanajuato with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -101.008056
Latitude (dec): 20.456111

Height over sea level of Parra

The locations medium height over sea level is 1720 meters.

Population in Parra

The over all population of Parra is 1059 persons, 467 of them are male and 592 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 423 minors and 636 adults, with 86 of them being 60 years and older.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 640 citizens of Parra.

Economic situation

In Parra exist about 246 households.

Of these households 243 are common houses or apartments, 35 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

232 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 242 are connected to the public water supply, 241 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 26 households to own a computer, 187 own a washing machine and 239 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Parra

Besides the 40 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 16 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

49 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 334 persons did not finish the school. 159 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 115 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 57 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.