Chalma - Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave

Facts about Chalma

Location of Chalma

Chalma is located in the municipality of Chalma in the Mexican state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.393056
Latitude (dec): 21.208889

Height over sea level of Chalma

The locations medium height over sea level is 140 meters.

Population in Chalma

The over all population of Chalma is 2448 persons, 1199 of them are male and 1249 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 836 minors and 1612 adults, with 318 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chalma

1122 inhabitants of the location Chalma in Mexico live in indigenous households. 479 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 450 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1497 citizens of Chalma.

Economic situation

In Chalma exist about 613 households.

Of these households 612 are common houses or apartments, 100 are without floor and about 24 consist of one room only.

595 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 551 are connected to the public water supply, 604 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 55 households to own a computer, 189 own a washing machine and 481 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chalma

Besides the 344 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 13 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

324 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 634 persons did not finish the school. 240 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 582 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 280 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.