Colonia el Platanal - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about Colonia el Platanal

Location of Colonia el Platanal

Colonia el Platanal is located in the municipality of Penjamillo in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -101.945278
Latitude (dec): 20.104722

Height over sea level of Colonia el Platanal

The locations medium height over sea level is 1700 meters.

Population in Colonia el Platanal

The over all population of Colonia el Platanal is 385 persons, 183 of them are male and 202 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 120 minors and 265 adults, with 48 of them being 60 years and older.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 41 citizens of Colonia el Platanal.

Economic situation

In Colonia el Platanal exist about 100 households.

Of these households 88 are common houses or apartments, 2 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

85 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 86 are connected to the public water supply, 86 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 4 households to own a computer, 49 own a washing machine and 83 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Colonia el Platanal

Besides the 47 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 3 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

49 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 152 persons did not finish the school. 47 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 44 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 18 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.