La Melada - San Luis Potosí

Facts about La Melada

Location of La Melada

La Melada is located in the municipality of San Luis Potosí in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -100.968889
Latitude (dec): 22.476667

Height over sea level of La Melada

The locations medium height over sea level is 1790 meters.

Population in La Melada

The over all population of La Melada is 870 persons, 424 of them are male and 446 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 395 minors and 475 adults, with 73 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Melada

3 inhabitants of the location La Melada in Mexico live in indigenous households. 3 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 0 people, while 2 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 345 citizens of La Melada.

Economic situation

In La Melada exist about 189 households.

Of these households 171 are common houses or apartments, 23 are without floor and about 29 consist of one room only.

85 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 168 are connected to the public water supply, 158 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 48 own a washing machine and 136 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Melada

Besides the 111 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 16 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

106 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 339 persons did not finish the school. 70 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 12 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.