Tam paxal - San Luis Potosí

Facts about Tam paxal

Location of Tam paxal

Tam paxal is located in the municipality of Aquismón in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.051944
Latitude (dec): 21.521667

Height over sea level of Tam paxal

The locations medium height over sea level is 600 meters.

Population in Tam paxal

The over all population of Tam paxal is 761 persons, 362 of them are male and 399 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 355 minors and 406 adults, with 87 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tam paxal

319 inhabitants of the location Tam paxal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 131 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 5 people, while 123 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 31 citizens of Tam paxal.

Economic situation

In Tam paxal exist about 167 households.

Of these households 164 are common houses or apartments, 48 are without floor and about 11 consist of one room only.

151 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 114 are connected to the public water supply, 147 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 34 own a washing machine and 90 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tam paxal

Besides the 130 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 15 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

105 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 230 persons did not finish the school. 75 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 64 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 60 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.