Xocchel - Yucatán

Facts about Xocchel

Location of Xocchel

Xocchel is located in the municipality of Xocchel in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.183333
Latitude (dec): 20.833333

Height over sea level of Xocchel

The locations medium height over sea level is 14 meters.

Population in Xocchel

The over all population of Xocchel is 2905 persons, 1474 of them are male and 1431 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1103 minors and 1802 adults, with 313 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Xocchel

2725 inhabitants of the location Xocchel in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1647 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 64 people, while 1570 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 896 citizens of Xocchel.

Economic situation

In Xocchel exist about 668 households.

Of these households 641 are common houses or apartments, 21 are without floor and about 182 consist of one room only.

289 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 614 are connected to the public water supply, 621 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 8 households to own a computer, 267 own a washing machine and 545 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Xocchel

Besides the 462 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 22 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

360 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1031 persons did not finish the school. 416 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 182 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 178 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.