Jopala - Puebla

Facts about Jopala

Location of Jopala

Jopala is located in the municipality of Jopala in the Mexican state of Puebla with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.692778
Latitude (dec): 20.164444

Height over sea level of Jopala

The locations medium height over sea level is 540 meters.

Population in Jopala

The over all population of Jopala is 1805 persons, 857 of them are male and 948 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 815 minors and 990 adults, with 186 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Jopala

1777 inhabitants of the location Jopala in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1453 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 291 people, while 1116 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 641 citizens of Jopala.

Economic situation

In Jopala exist about 402 households.

Of these households 394 are common houses or apartments, 136 are without floor and about 98 consist of one room only.

335 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 220 are connected to the public water supply, 375 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 4 own a washing machine and 205 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Jopala

Besides the 508 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 34 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

511 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 353 persons did not finish the school. 120 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 92 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 4 years.