Gargantilla - Hidalgo

Facts about Gargantilla

Location of Gargantilla

Gargantilla is located in the municipality of Pisaflores in the Mexican state of Hidalgo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.958056
Latitude (dec): 21.265000

Height over sea level of Gargantilla

The locations medium height over sea level is 640 meters.

Population in Gargantilla

The over all population of Gargantilla is 781 persons, 389 of them are male and 392 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 447 minors and 334 adults, with 46 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Gargantilla

14 inhabitants of the location Gargantilla in Mexico live in indigenous households. 3 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 2 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 582 citizens of Gargantilla.

Economic situation

In Gargantilla exist about 141 households.

Of these households 137 are common houses or apartments, 64 are without floor and about 18 consist of one room only.

113 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 104 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 10 own a washing machine and 45 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Gargantilla

Besides the 96 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

79 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 194 persons did not finish the school. 91 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 26 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 31 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.