El Mejay - Hidalgo

Facts about El Mejay

Location of El Mejay

El Mejay is located in the municipality of Chilcuautla in the Mexican state of Hidalgo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.181389
Latitude (dec): 20.385556

Height over sea level of El Mejay

The locations medium height over sea level is 1960 meters.

Population in El Mejay

The over all population of El Mejay is 653 persons, 299 of them are male and 354 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 290 minors and 363 adults, with 49 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Mejay

582 inhabitants of the location El Mejay in Mexico live in indigenous households. 338 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 7 people, while 330 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 44 citizens of El Mejay.

Economic situation

In El Mejay exist about 158 households.

Of these households 155 are common houses or apartments, 18 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

117 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 149 are connected to the public water supply, 137 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 5 households to own a computer, 40 own a washing machine and 126 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Mejay

Besides the 45 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

41 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 202 persons did not finish the school. 85 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 73 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 49 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.