Batuecas - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about Batuecas

Location of Batuecas

Batuecas is located in the municipality of Puruándiro in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -101.478889
Latitude (dec): 20.040000

Height over sea level of Batuecas

The locations medium height over sea level is 2150 meters.

Population in Batuecas

The over all population of Batuecas is 825 persons, 394 of them are male and 431 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 313 minors and 512 adults, with 152 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Batuecas

8 inhabitants of the location Batuecas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2 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 2 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 16 citizens of Batuecas.

Economic situation

In Batuecas exist about 202 households.

Of these households 188 are common houses or apartments, 7 are without floor and about 8 consist of one room only.

174 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 183 are connected to the public water supply, 182 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 4 households to own a computer, 99 own a washing machine and 175 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Batuecas

Besides the 50 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 18 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

54 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 445 persons did not finish the school. 59 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 21 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 28 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.