El Caracol - Sinaloa

Facts about El Caracol

Location of El Caracol

El Caracol is located in the municipality of Guasave in the Mexican state of Sinaloa with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -108.746111
Latitude (dec): 25.493611

Height over sea level of El Caracol

The locations medium height over sea level is 1 meters.

Population in El Caracol

The over all population of El Caracol is 1060 persons, 565 of them are male and 495 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 421 minors and 639 adults, with 61 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Caracol

25 inhabitants of the location El Caracol in Mexico live in indigenous households. 15 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 11 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 824 citizens of El Caracol.

Economic situation

In El Caracol exist about 267 households.

Of these households 271 are common houses or apartments, 31 are without floor and about 32 consist of one room only.

139 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 183 are connected to the public water supply, 262 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 4 households to own a computer, 139 own a washing machine and 241 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Caracol

Besides the 44 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 21 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

32 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 448 persons did not finish the school. 95 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 141 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 83 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.