Tilapa - Puebla

Facts about Tilapa

Location of Tilapa

Tilapa is located in the municipality of Tilapa in the Mexican state of Puebla with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.555833
Latitude (dec): 18.593056

Height over sea level of Tilapa

The locations medium height over sea level is 1220 meters.

Population in Tilapa

The over all population of Tilapa is 2680 persons, 1258 of them are male and 1422 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1105 minors and 1575 adults, with 319 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tilapa

20 inhabitants of the location Tilapa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 8 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 0 people, while 7 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 525 citizens of Tilapa.

Economic situation

In Tilapa exist about 676 households.

Of these households 675 are common houses or apartments, 106 are without floor and about 94 consist of one room only.

628 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 637 are connected to the public water supply, 665 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 36 households to own a computer, 403 own a washing machine and 628 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tilapa

Besides the 242 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 20 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

239 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 861 persons did not finish the school. 324 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 323 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 198 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.