Poturo - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about Poturo

Location of Poturo

Poturo is located in the municipality of Churumuco in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -101.612778
Latitude (dec): 18.825000

Height over sea level of Poturo

The locations medium height over sea level is 500 meters.

Population in Poturo

The over all population of Poturo is 1177 persons, 549 of them are male and 628 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 539 minors and 638 adults, with 159 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Poturo

0 inhabitants of the location Poturo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1 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 1 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 102 citizens of Poturo.

Economic situation

In Poturo exist about 275 households.

Of these households 272 are common houses or apartments, 78 are without floor and about 10 consist of one room only.

211 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 271 are connected to the public water supply, 266 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 8 households to own a computer, 129 own a washing machine and 212 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Poturo

Besides the 150 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 16 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

174 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 285 persons did not finish the school. 116 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 96 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 83 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.