Santo Tomás Lachitá - Oaxaca

Facts about Santo Tomás Lachitá

Location of Santo Tomás Lachitá

Santo Tomás Lachitá is located in the municipality of San Melchor Betaza in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.144722
Latitude (dec): 17.266111

Height over sea level of Santo Tomás Lachitá

The locations medium height over sea level is 1440 meters.

Population in Santo Tomás Lachitá

The over all population of Santo Tomás Lachitá is 265 persons, 123 of them are male and 142 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 104 minors and 161 adults, with 48 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santo Tomás Lachitá

265 inhabitants of the location Santo Tomás Lachitá in Mexico live in indigenous households. 247 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 25 people, while 220 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2 citizens of Santo Tomás Lachitá.

Economic situation

In Santo Tomás Lachitá exist about 73 households.

Of these households 71 are common houses or apartments, 34 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

58 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 69 are connected to the public water supply, 69 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 29 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santo Tomás Lachitá

Besides the 53 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

55 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 113 persons did not finish the school. 13 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 5 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 11 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.