Putaxcat - Puebla

Facts about Putaxcat

Location of Putaxcat

Putaxcat is located in the municipality of Huehuetla in the Mexican state of Puebla with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.616389
Latitude (dec): 20.096944

Height over sea level of Putaxcat

The locations medium height over sea level is 600 meters.

Population in Putaxcat

The over all population of Putaxcat is 766 persons, 388 of them are male and 378 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 307 minors and 459 adults, with 83 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Putaxcat

749 inhabitants of the location Putaxcat in Mexico live in indigenous households. 651 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 184 people, while 467 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 36 citizens of Putaxcat.

Economic situation

In Putaxcat exist about 157 households.

Of these households 154 are common houses or apartments, 45 are without floor and about 28 consist of one room only.

128 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 87 are connected to the public water supply, 112 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 3 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 38 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Putaxcat

Besides the 185 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 11 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

173 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 259 persons did not finish the school. 33 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 32 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 25 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.