Picholco - San Luis Potosí

Facts about Picholco

Location of Picholco

Picholco is located in the municipality of Coxcatlán in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.884722
Latitude (dec): 21.504444

Height over sea level of Picholco

The locations medium height over sea level is 200 meters.

Population in Picholco

The over all population of Picholco is 170 persons, 86 of them are male and 84 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 66 minors and 104 adults, with 29 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Picholco

170 inhabitants of the location Picholco in Mexico live in indigenous households. 155 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 25 people, while 130 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 92 citizens of Picholco.

Economic situation

In Picholco exist about 45 households.

Of these households 45 are common houses or apartments, 25 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

45 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 41 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 12 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Picholco

Besides the 25 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

13 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 67 persons did not finish the school. 26 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 6 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 8 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.