Tilapa - Guerrero

Facts about Tilapa

Location of Tilapa

Tilapa is located in the municipality of Malinaltepec in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.748889
Latitude (dec): 17.049722

Height over sea level of Tilapa

The locations medium height over sea level is 1110 meters.

Population in Tilapa

The over all population of Tilapa is 1181 persons, 580 of them are male and 601 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 654 minors and 527 adults, with 90 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tilapa

1145 inhabitants of the location Tilapa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 916 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 44 people, while 857 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 35 citizens of Tilapa.

Economic situation

In Tilapa exist about 200 households.

Of these households 201 are common houses or apartments, 115 are without floor and about 47 consist of one room only.

111 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 13 are connected to the public water supply, 170 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 64 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tilapa

Besides the 151 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 14 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

129 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 190 persons did not finish the school. 96 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 158 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 6 years.