Cochoapa el Grande

Information and facts about the municipality of Cochoapa el Grande

Location of Cochoapa el Grande

The municipality of Cochoapa el Grande is located in the Mexican state of Guerrero México

Population of Cochoapa el Grande

The overall population of the municipality named Cochoapa el Grande is 15572 citizens, 7445 males and 8127 females.

Age distribution

The population of Cochoapa el Grande is divided into 8633 minors and 6939 adults, with 997 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Cochoapa el Grande

15518 people in Cochoapa el Grande live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 12489 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 8631 and 3525 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 35 citizens of Cochoapa el Grande.

Economic situation

In Cochoapa el Grande about 2949 households are registered.

2834 of these households are common houses or apartments, 2641 are without floor and about 1344 consist of one room only.

147 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 674 are connected to the public water supply, 1065 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 149 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cochoapa el Grande

Besides the 5898 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1418 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

5434 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1967 persons did not finish the school. 159 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 95 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 391 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 1 years.