Tagcotepec - Puebla

Facts about Tagcotepec

Location of Tagcotepec

Tagcotepec is located in the municipality of Zautla in the Mexican state of Puebla with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.639444
Latitude (dec): 19.732778

Height over sea level of Tagcotepec

The locations medium height over sea level is 2460 meters.

Population in Tagcotepec

The over all population of Tagcotepec is 538 persons, 259 of them are male and 279 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 273 minors and 265 adults, with 39 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tagcotepec

538 inhabitants of the location Tagcotepec in Mexico live in indigenous households. 464 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 54 people, while 410 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 269 citizens of Tagcotepec.

Economic situation

In Tagcotepec exist about 106 households.

Of these households 106 are common houses or apartments, 71 are without floor and about 10 consist of one room only.

90 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 68 are connected to the public water supply, 75 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 38 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tagcotepec

Besides the 140 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 23 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

107 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 180 persons did not finish the school. 11 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 7 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.