Santa María Ixcatlán

Information and facts about the municipality of Santa María Ixcatlán

Location of Santa María Ixcatlán

The municipality of Santa María Ixcatlán is located in the Mexican state of Oaxaca México

Population of Santa María Ixcatlán

The overall population of the municipality named Santa María Ixcatlán is 573 citizens, 267 males and 306 females.

Age distribution

The population of Santa María Ixcatlán is divided into 176 minors and 397 adults, with 144 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Santa María Ixcatlán

64 people in Santa María Ixcatlán live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 37 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 0 and 32 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 60 citizens of Santa María Ixcatlán.

Economic situation

In Santa María Ixcatlán about 181 households are registered.

176 of these households are common houses or apartments, 143 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.

167 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 68 are connected to the public water supply, 166 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 7 own a washing machine and 111 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santa María Ixcatlán

Besides the 104 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

96 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 214 persons did not finish the school. 108 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 5 years.