El Platanal - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about El Platanal

Location of El Platanal

El Platanal is located in the municipality of Villamar in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -102.580833
Latitude (dec): 20.063611

Height over sea level of El Platanal

The locations medium height over sea level is 1530 meters.

Population in El Platanal

The over all population of El Platanal is 2102 persons, 978 of them are male and 1124 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 962 minors and 1140 adults, with 207 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Platanal

0 inhabitants of the location El Platanal 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 51 citizens of El Platanal.

Economic situation

In El Platanal exist about 444 households.

Of these households 444 are common houses or apartments, 62 are without floor and about 10 consist of one room only.

417 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 435 are connected to the public water supply, 440 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2 households to own a computer, 205 own a washing machine and 423 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Platanal

Besides the 274 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 55 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

124 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 883 persons did not finish the school. 123 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 27 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 34 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.