Ticum - Yucatán

Facts about Ticum

Location of Ticum

Ticum is located in the municipality of Tekax in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.216667
Latitude (dec): 20.148611

Height over sea level of Ticum

The locations medium height over sea level is 37 meters.

Population in Ticum

The over all population of Ticum is 927 persons, 455 of them are male and 472 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 341 minors and 586 adults, with 98 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Ticum

917 inhabitants of the location Ticum in Mexico live in indigenous households. 598 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 598 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 384 citizens of Ticum.

Economic situation

In Ticum exist about 214 households.

Of these households 210 are common houses or apartments, 6 are without floor and about 18 consist of one room only.

194 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 195 are connected to the public water supply, 198 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 4 households to own a computer, 123 own a washing machine and 170 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Ticum

Besides the 55 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 3 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

49 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 300 persons did not finish the school. 141 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 155 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 7 years.