Candelas - Guanajuato

Facts about Candelas

Location of Candelas

Candelas is located in the municipality of Jerécuaro in the Mexican state of Guanajuato with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -100.446667
Latitude (dec): 20.315556

Height over sea level of Candelas

The locations medium height over sea level is 2340 meters.

Population in Candelas

The over all population of Candelas is 889 persons, 420 of them are male and 469 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 390 minors and 499 adults, with 70 of them being 60 years and older.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 570 citizens of Candelas.

Economic situation

In Candelas exist about 186 households.

Of these households 186 are common houses or apartments, 15 are without floor and about 13 consist of one room only.

92 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 183 are connected to the public water supply, 182 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 62 own a washing machine and 178 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Candelas

Besides the 106 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

134 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 310 persons did not finish the school. 117 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 11 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.