Balaxte - Chiapas

Facts about Balaxte

Location of Balaxte

Balaxte is located in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.977222
Latitude (dec): 16.897778

Height over sea level of Balaxte

The locations medium height over sea level is 940 meters.

Population in Balaxte

The over all population of Balaxte is 112 persons, 62 of them are male and 50 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 45 minors and 67 adults, with 9 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Balaxte

26 inhabitants of the location Balaxte in Mexico live in indigenous households. 7 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 0 people, while 7 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 5 citizens of Balaxte.

Economic situation

In Balaxte exist about 27 households.

Of these households 27 are common houses or apartments, 4 are without floor and about 0 consist of one room only.

25 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 26 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 6 own a washing machine and 18 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Balaxte

Besides the 11 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

7 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 51 persons did not finish the school. 8 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 6 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

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