Chocholá - Yucatán

Facts about Chocholá

Location of Chocholá

Chocholá is located in the municipality of Chocholá in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.829722
Latitude (dec): 20.750833

Height over sea level of Chocholá

The locations medium height over sea level is 14 meters.

Population in Chocholá

The over all population of Chocholá is 4289 persons, 2179 of them are male and 2110 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1484 minors and 2805 adults, with 492 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chocholá

3263 inhabitants of the location Chocholá in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1621 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 19 people, while 1572 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2122 citizens of Chocholá.

Economic situation

In Chocholá exist about 1137 households.

Of these households 1103 are common houses or apartments, 6 are without floor and about 210 consist of one room only.

797 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 960 are connected to the public water supply, 1064 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 56 households to own a computer, 709 own a washing machine and 1023 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chocholá

Besides the 441 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 37 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

448 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1448 persons did not finish the school. 511 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 652 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 331 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.