Río Laja - Guanajuato

Facts about Río Laja

Location of Río Laja

Río Laja is located in the municipality of Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nal. in the Mexican state of Guanajuato with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -100.923056
Latitude (dec): 21.203056

Height over sea level of Río Laja

The locations medium height over sea level is 1910 meters.

Population in Río Laja

The over all population of Río Laja is 2211 persons, 1018 of them are male and 1193 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 921 minors and 1290 adults, with 202 of them being 60 years and older.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 933 citizens of Río Laja.

Economic situation

In Río Laja exist about 493 households.

Of these households 489 are common houses or apartments, 92 are without floor and about 31 consist of one room only.

428 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 450 are connected to the public water supply, 470 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 33 households to own a computer, 335 own a washing machine and 453 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Río Laja

Besides the 204 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 28 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

240 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 645 persons did not finish the school. 285 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 230 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 96 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.