Cuichapa - San Luis Potosí

Facts about Cuichapa

Location of Cuichapa

Cuichapa is located in the municipality of Matlapa in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.826111
Latitude (dec): 21.317778

Height over sea level of Cuichapa

The locations medium height over sea level is 250 meters.

Population in Cuichapa

The over all population of Cuichapa is 311 persons, 152 of them are male and 159 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 150 minors and 161 adults, with 26 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cuichapa

311 inhabitants of the location Cuichapa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 262 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 6 people, while 256 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 170 citizens of Cuichapa.

Economic situation

In Cuichapa exist about 56 households.

Of these households 56 are common houses or apartments, 47 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

53 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 48 are connected to the public water supply, 50 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 21 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cuichapa

Besides the 56 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

27 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 114 persons did not finish the school. 24 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 16 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 9 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.