Jechtoch - Chiapas

Facts about Jechtoch

Location of Jechtoch

Jechtoch is located in the municipality of Zinacantán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.718889
Latitude (dec): 16.725000

Height over sea level of Jechtoch

The locations medium height over sea level is 2300 meters.

Population in Jechtoch

The over all population of Jechtoch is 490 persons, 233 of them are male and 257 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 240 minors and 250 adults, with 24 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Jechtoch

490 inhabitants of the location Jechtoch in Mexico live in indigenous households. 422 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 139 people, while 273 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 4 citizens of Jechtoch.

Economic situation

In Jechtoch exist about 81 households.

Of these households 79 are common houses or apartments, 41 are without floor and about 22 consist of one room only.

58 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 64 are connected to the public water supply, 78 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 4 own a washing machine and 39 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Jechtoch

Besides the 107 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 37 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

98 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 173 persons did not finish the school. 12 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 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 4 years.