Becanchén - Yucatán

Facts about Becanchén

Location of Becanchén

Becanchén is located in the municipality of Tekax in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.216944
Latitude (dec): 19.874167

Height over sea level of Becanchén

The locations medium height over sea level is 150 meters.

Population in Becanchén

The over all population of Becanchén is 1573 persons, 838 of them are male and 735 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 742 minors and 831 adults, with 90 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Becanchén

1546 inhabitants of the location Becanchén in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1173 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 33 people, while 1133 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 238 citizens of Becanchén.

Economic situation

In Becanchén exist about 311 households.

Of these households 297 are common houses or apartments, 28 are without floor and about 34 consist of one room only.

191 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 271 are connected to the public water supply, 262 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 4 households to own a computer, 154 own a washing machine and 214 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Becanchén

Besides the 185 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 12 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

158 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 507 persons did not finish the school. 213 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 67 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 71 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.