Chalchihuites

Information and facts about the municipality of Chalchihuites

Location of Chalchihuites

The municipality of Chalchihuites is located in the Mexican state of Zacatecas México

Population of Chalchihuites

The overall population of the municipality named Chalchihuites is 10519 citizens, 4969 males and 5550 females.

Age distribution

The population of Chalchihuites is divided into 4083 minors and 6436 adults, with 1578 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Chalchihuites

22 people in Chalchihuites live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 14 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 0 and 12 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2740 citizens of Chalchihuites.

Economic situation

In Chalchihuites about 2622 households are registered.

2571 of these households are common houses or apartments, 200 are without floor and about 34 consist of one room only.

2263 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2291 are connected to the public water supply, 2512 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 319 households to own a computer, 1698 own a washing machine and 2451 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chalchihuites

Besides the 648 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 76 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

750 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 3697 persons did not finish the school. 1456 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1253 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 660 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.