Tampochocho - San Luis Potosí

Facts about Tampochocho

Location of Tampochocho

Tampochocho is located in the municipality of Axtla de Terrazas in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.874167
Latitude (dec): 21.490833

Height over sea level of Tampochocho

The locations medium height over sea level is 200 meters.

Population in Tampochocho

The over all population of Tampochocho is 971 persons, 505 of them are male and 466 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 476 minors and 495 adults, with 106 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tampochocho

958 inhabitants of the location Tampochocho in Mexico live in indigenous households. 799 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 24 people, while 773 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 244 citizens of Tampochocho.

Economic situation

In Tampochocho exist about 200 households.

Of these households 194 are common houses or apartments, 140 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

192 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1 are connected to the public water supply, 185 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 16 own a washing machine and 76 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tampochocho

Besides the 93 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

85 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 287 persons did not finish the school. 141 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 58 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 67 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.