Platanillo - Guerrero

Facts about Platanillo

Location of Platanillo

Platanillo is located in the municipality of Coyuca de Benítez in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.910278
Latitude (dec): 17.065556

Height over sea level of Platanillo

The locations medium height over sea level is 600 meters.

Population in Platanillo

The over all population of Platanillo is 1770 persons, 866 of them are male and 904 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 842 minors and 928 adults, with 152 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Platanillo

12 inhabitants of the location Platanillo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 4 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 0 people, while 4 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 151 citizens of Platanillo.

Economic situation

In Platanillo exist about 391 households.

Of these households 385 are common houses or apartments, 197 are without floor and about 63 consist of one room only.

217 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 334 are connected to the public water supply, 367 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 3 households to own a computer, 44 own a washing machine and 318 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Platanillo

Besides the 224 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 27 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

203 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 531 persons did not finish the school. 199 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 118 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 110 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.