Picholco - San Luis Potosí

Facts about Picholco

Location of Picholco

Picholco is located in the municipality of Axtla de Terrazas in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.852778
Latitude (dec): 21.388056

Height over sea level of Picholco

The locations medium height over sea level is 100 meters.

Population in Picholco

The over all population of Picholco is 1419 persons, 708 of them are male and 711 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 553 minors and 866 adults, with 136 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Picholco

1362 inhabitants of the location Picholco in Mexico live in indigenous households. 884 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 16 people, while 867 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 297 citizens of Picholco.

Economic situation

In Picholco exist about 312 households.

Of these households 298 are common houses or apartments, 132 are without floor and about 14 consist of one room only.

281 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 242 are connected to the public water supply, 280 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 16 households to own a computer, 45 own a washing machine and 144 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Picholco

Besides the 75 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

41 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 491 persons did not finish the school. 185 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 254 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 119 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.