Bochil

Bochil is located at a height of 1159 meters above sea level in the municipality of Bochil in Chiapas, Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 16.995278 and longitude: -92.890278.

Map of Bochil

Population

Bochil is populated by 12404 people. The total population consists of 894 children aged 0 to 2 years, 848 aged 3 to 5 years, 1717 children aged 6 to 11 years, 798 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 830 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 1829, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 4757 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 731 people.

Dividing the overall population of 12404 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 4257 people aged 0 to 14, 7667 people aged 15 to 64 and 479 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 92.94 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.39 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In Bochil are known 3562 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 1862 speak an indegenous language, 33 speaking an indigenous language but not spanish and 1725 people who do speak both, spanish and an indigenous language. For the age group 5 years and older these numbers are 1827, 27 and 1700 people.

Migration

While 12301 people were born in the same state, 73 were born in another Mexican state. The total number of people older than 5 years who lived in this state between 2005 and 2010 is 10833, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 40 people.

Disabilities

212 of the 12404 living in Bochil have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 91
Visual impairment: 70
Communicating: 39
Hearing disability: 29
Physical disability: 20
Learning and thinking: 9
Mental health: 23

A total of 12085 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 159 people do not know read or write and 1355 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 270 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 47 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 67 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 584 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 385 do visit a school

15 years and older

1335 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
1155 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
1106 finished primary school (6 years complete).
419 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
1459 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 2371 do have a scholar degree after having completed secondary school or high school. Like Bachelor, technical schools, university, master or doctor degrees. This group divides into 1270 males and 1101 females. While the populations medium degree is 7.43, the male population do have a medium degree of 7.94, the female population one of 6.98

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 4464 people. 3202 of this fraction are male and 1262 are female. Economically inactive are about 4425 people. The active fraction divides in 4165 occupied and 299 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 6339 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 6025 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 1283 people. 1038 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 196 find their security at ISSSTE and 3871 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 3132 people of the age group 12 years and older are unmarried or singles. The number of people who are married or who are living in a conjugal relationship is 4914 and there are 874 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 9677 people are Roman Catholics, 1857 people are Christians, mostly Protestants and similar historic religions. Other religions like Judaism, Islam, New Age, Ethnic religions and even religious movements are preferred by 0 individuals and finally about 646 are without any religion or are atheists.

Homes

The total number of homes, private or not, occupied or not, with or without further information, is 3504 and 2857 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 3501. With 2854 occupied private homes and 318 unoccupied private homes. 329 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 12365.

Economic status

In Bochil about 167 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 1917 own a radio, 2571 have a TV, 1796 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 832 private homes and a car is available in 529. In 391 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 403, an internet connection can be found in 205 and 1656 homes do have cellphones.