Tampuchón - San Luis Potosí

Facts about Tampuchón

Location of Tampuchón

Tampuchón is located in the municipality of Coxcatlán in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.950833
Latitude (dec): 21.510278

Height over sea level of Tampuchón

The locations medium height over sea level is 480 meters.

Population in Tampuchón

The over all population of Tampuchón is 830 persons, 411 of them are male and 419 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 376 minors and 454 adults, with 110 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tampuchón

815 inhabitants of the location Tampuchón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 699 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 30 people, while 669 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 188 citizens of Tampuchón.

Economic situation

In Tampuchón exist about 177 households.

Of these households 176 are common houses or apartments, 112 are without floor and about 16 consist of one room only.

175 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 152 are connected to the public water supply, 141 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 53 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tampuchón

Besides the 83 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 12 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

38 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 329 persons did not finish the school. 125 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 11 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 18 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.