Cansahcab

Information and facts about the municipality of Cansahcab

Location of Cansahcab

The municipality of Cansahcab is located in the Mexican state of Yucatán México

Population of Cansahcab

The overall population of the municipality named Cansahcab is 4738 citizens, 2373 males and 2365 females.

Age distribution

The population of Cansahcab is divided into 1518 minors and 3220 adults, with 633 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Cansahcab

2486 people in Cansahcab live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 1190 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 12 and 1147 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2110 citizens of Cansahcab.

Economic situation

In Cansahcab about 1254 households are registered.

1238 of these households are common houses or apartments, 40 are without floor and about 309 consist of one room only.

840 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1150 are connected to the public water supply, 1198 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 56 households to own a computer, 626 own a washing machine and 1093 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cansahcab

Besides the 458 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 15 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

506 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1400 persons did not finish the school. 741 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 826 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 362 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.