Chanal

Information and facts about the municipality of Chanal

Location of Chanal

The municipality of Chanal is located in the Mexican state of Chiapas México

Population of Chanal

The overall population of the municipality named Chanal is 9050 citizens, 4455 males and 4595 females.

Age distribution

The population of Chanal is divided into 5085 minors and 3965 adults, with 532 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Chanal

8549 people in Chanal live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 6917 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 2572 and 4285 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1978 citizens of Chanal.

Economic situation

In Chanal about 1507 households are registered.

1513 of these households are common houses or apartments, 1195 are without floor and about 54 consist of one room only.

1378 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 700 are connected to the public water supply, 1355 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 3 households to own a computer, 4 own a washing machine and 284 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chanal

Besides the 1847 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 191 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

1515 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 2067 persons did not finish the school. 517 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 356 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 503 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.