La Ventana - Chiapas

Facts about La Ventana

Location of La Ventana

La Ventana is located in the municipality of Chamula in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.695278
Latitude (dec): 16.765556

Height over sea level of La Ventana

The locations medium height over sea level is 2240 meters.

Population in La Ventana

The over all population of La Ventana is 496 persons, 225 of them are male and 271 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 220 minors and 276 adults, with 38 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Ventana

496 inhabitants of the location La Ventana in Mexico live in indigenous households. 439 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 232 people, while 206 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 89 citizens of La Ventana.

Economic situation

In La Ventana exist about 130 households.

Of these households 130 are common houses or apartments, 64 are without floor and about 33 consist of one room only.

124 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 18 are connected to the public water supply, 126 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 46 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Ventana

Besides the 206 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 19 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

205 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 71 persons did not finish the school. 25 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 9 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 8 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.