Ichán - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about Ichán

Location of Ichán

Ichán is located in the municipality of Chilchota in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -102.054167
Latitude (dec): 19.858056

Height over sea level of Ichán

The locations medium height over sea level is 1900 meters.

Population in Ichán

The over all population of Ichán is 2931 persons, 1396 of them are male and 1535 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1289 minors and 1642 adults, with 206 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Ichán

2896 inhabitants of the location Ichán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2576 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 122 people, while 2442 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1671 citizens of Ichán.

Economic situation

In Ichán exist about 581 households.

Of these households 526 are common houses or apartments, 333 are without floor and about 36 consist of one room only.

453 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 512 are connected to the public water supply, 502 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2 households to own a computer, 8 own a washing machine and 434 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Ichán

Besides the 404 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 59 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

404 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 967 persons did not finish the school. 288 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 197 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 106 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.