Petlalcingo

Information and facts about the municipality of Petlalcingo

Location of Petlalcingo

The municipality of Petlalcingo is located in the Mexican state of Puebla México

Population of Petlalcingo

The overall population of the municipality named Petlalcingo is 9132 citizens, 4146 males and 4986 females.

Age distribution

The population of Petlalcingo is divided into 3990 minors and 5142 adults, with 1374 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Petlalcingo

510 people in Petlalcingo live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 301 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 3 and 282 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1028 citizens of Petlalcingo.

Economic situation

In Petlalcingo about 2214 households are registered.

2194 of these households are common houses or apartments, 334 are without floor and about 275 consist of one room only.

1909 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1843 are connected to the public water supply, 2097 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 53 households to own a computer, 654 own a washing machine and 1748 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Petlalcingo

Besides the 1599 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 141 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

1487 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 2724 persons did not finish the school. 875 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 658 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 466 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.