Santa María Chilchotla - Oaxaca

Facts about Santa María Chilchotla

Location of Santa María Chilchotla

Santa María Chilchotla is located in the municipality of Santa María Chilchotla in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.830278
Latitude (dec): 18.233333

Height over sea level of Santa María Chilchotla

The locations medium height over sea level is 1376 meters.

Population in Santa María Chilchotla

The over all population of Santa María Chilchotla is 1618 persons, 763 of them are male and 855 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 728 minors and 890 adults, with 107 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santa María Chilchotla

1532 inhabitants of the location Santa María Chilchotla in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1223 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 166 people, while 1026 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 91 citizens of Santa María Chilchotla.

Economic situation

In Santa María Chilchotla exist about 347 households.

Of these households 347 are common houses or apartments, 95 are without floor and about 43 consist of one room only.

312 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 5 are connected to the public water supply, 300 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 18 households to own a computer, 39 own a washing machine and 227 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santa María Chilchotla

Besides the 270 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 19 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

217 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 383 persons did not finish the school. 199 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 170 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 89 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.