El Caracol - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about El Caracol

Location of El Caracol

El Caracol is located in the municipality of Hidalgo in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -100.756944
Latitude (dec): 19.570278

Height over sea level of El Caracol

The locations medium height over sea level is 2200 meters.

Population in El Caracol

The over all population of El Caracol is 812 persons, 363 of them are male and 449 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 348 minors and 464 adults, with 139 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Caracol

0 inhabitants of the location El Caracol 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 0 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 417 citizens of El Caracol.

Economic situation

In El Caracol exist about 202 households.

Of these households 204 are common houses or apartments, 26 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

191 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 194 are connected to the public water supply, 197 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 103 own a washing machine and 177 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Caracol

Besides the 67 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

101 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 289 persons did not finish the school. 85 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 43 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 47 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.