Melchor Ocampo (El Salto) - Hidalgo

Facts about Melchor Ocampo (El Salto)

Location of Melchor Ocampo (El Salto)

Melchor Ocampo (El Salto) is located in the municipality of Tepeji del Río de Ocampo in the Mexican state of Hidalgo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.285000
Latitude (dec): 19.943611

Height over sea level of Melchor Ocampo (El Salto)

The locations medium height over sea level is 2150 meters.

Population in Melchor Ocampo (El Salto)

The over all population of Melchor Ocampo (El Salto) is 4179 persons, 2081 of them are male and 2098 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1717 minors and 2462 adults, with 249 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Melchor Ocampo (El Salto)

42 inhabitants of the location Melchor Ocampo (El Salto) in Mexico live in indigenous households. 14 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 14 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1880 citizens of Melchor Ocampo (El Salto).

Economic situation

In Melchor Ocampo (El Salto) exist about 1017 households.

Of these households 966 are common houses or apartments, 40 are without floor and about 66 consist of one room only.

819 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 833 are connected to the public water supply, 919 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 97 households to own a computer, 524 own a washing machine and 880 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Melchor Ocampo (El Salto)

Besides the 145 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 34 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 1264 persons did not finish the school. 787 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 488 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 197 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.