Caracha - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about Caracha

Location of Caracha

Caracha is located in the municipality of Ziracuaretiro in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -101.921944
Latitude (dec): 19.435000

Height over sea level of Caracha

The locations medium height over sea level is 1420 meters.

Population in Caracha

The over all population of Caracha is 841 persons, 401 of them are male and 440 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 326 minors and 515 adults, with 85 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Caracha

5 inhabitants of the location Caracha 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 217 citizens of Caracha.

Economic situation

In Caracha exist about 208 households.

Of these households 208 are common houses or apartments, 31 are without floor and about 10 consist of one room only.

197 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 200 are connected to the public water supply, 195 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 11 households to own a computer, 131 own a washing machine and 187 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Caracha

Besides the 64 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

68 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 294 persons did not finish the school. 122 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 78 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 40 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.