Yalvanté - Chiapas

Facts about Yalvanté

Location of Yalvanté

Yalvanté is located in the municipality of Chamula in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.780278
Latitude (dec): 16.808333

Height over sea level of Yalvanté

The locations medium height over sea level is 2120 meters.

Population in Yalvanté

The over all population of Yalvanté is 641 persons, 310 of them are male and 331 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 349 minors and 292 adults, with 43 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Yalvanté

641 inhabitants of the location Yalvanté in Mexico live in indigenous households. 529 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 304 people, while 225 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Yalvanté.

Economic situation

In Yalvanté exist about 107 households.

Of these households 107 are common houses or apartments, 75 are without floor and about 8 consist of one room only.

94 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1 are connected to the public water supply, 101 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 48 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Yalvanté

Besides the 211 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 64 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

210 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 129 persons did not finish the school. 2 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 16 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.