La Barranca - San Luis Potosí

Facts about La Barranca

Location of La Barranca

La Barranca is located in the municipality of Santa Catarina in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.418333
Latitude (dec): 21.487500

Height over sea level of La Barranca

The locations medium height over sea level is 500 meters.

Population in La Barranca

The over all population of La Barranca is 289 persons, 140 of them are male and 149 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 169 minors and 120 adults, with 16 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Barranca

289 inhabitants of the location La Barranca in Mexico live in indigenous households. 220 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 81 people, while 137 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of La Barranca.

Economic situation

In La Barranca exist about 48 households.

Of these households 48 are common houses or apartments, 47 are without floor and about 11 consist of one room only.

37 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 1 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 4 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Barranca

Besides the 54 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

45 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 75 persons did not finish the school. 15 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 2 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.