El Deca - Hidalgo

Facts about El Deca

Location of El Deca

El Deca is located in the municipality of Ixmiquilpan in the Mexican state of Hidalgo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.278889
Latitude (dec): 20.477222

Height over sea level of El Deca

The locations medium height over sea level is 1740 meters.

Population in El Deca

The over all population of El Deca is 485 persons, 215 of them are male and 270 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 246 minors and 239 adults, with 30 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Deca

292 inhabitants of the location El Deca in Mexico live in indigenous households. 161 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 3 people, while 146 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 71 citizens of El Deca.

Economic situation

In El Deca exist about 116 households.

Of these households 119 are common houses or apartments, 3 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

84 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 26 are connected to the public water supply, 98 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 7 households to own a computer, 45 own a washing machine and 95 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Deca

Besides the 44 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 6 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

31 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 138 persons did not finish the school. 56 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 46 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 30 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.