El Caracol (Villagrán, Guanajuato)
Maps, photos and statistics of El Caracol, a beautiful large village of 1,292 inhabitants of the State of Guanajuato
The place of El Caracol is inside the municipality of Villagrán (in the State of Guanajuato). There are 1,292 inhabitants. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #11 of the ranking. El Caracol is at 1,740 meters of altitude.
Data: In El Caracol, 31% of the population over 12 years is single and 31% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.
Do you want to locate the town of El Caracol? You can find it at 6.1 kilometers, in direction South, from the town of Villagrán, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the town of El Caracol through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.
#1 Where is El Caracol? How to go? Map
Online map of El Caracol in Guanajuato, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on 
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#2 The population of El Caracol (Guanajuato) is 1,292 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 656 | 636 | 1292 |
| 2010 | 544 | 508 | 1052 |
| 2005 | 436 | 400 | 836 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.44 | 4.72 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Guanajuato: | 5.96% | 2.76% |
| Illiterate population: | 6.11% | 6.65% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 2.32% | 4.72% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 3.79% | 8.46% |
| Schooling level: | 8.18 | 6.66 |
| Schooling level (men): | 8.45 | 6.96 |
| Schooling level (women): | 7.93 | 6.40 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 2.01% | 0.00% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.70% | 0.10% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Villagrán (statistics, photos, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 45.12% | 27.47% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 58.02% | 46.65% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 32.62% | 9.56% |
| Number of inhabited private dwellings: | 301 | 287 |
| Homes with electricity: | 99.34% | 97.58% |
| Housing with piped water: | 98.67% | 91.94% |
| Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities: | 97.01% | 95.97% |
| Dwellings with radio: | 60.80% | 75.40% |
| Housing with television: | 94.68% | 97.18% |
| Housing with refrigerator: | 93.02% | 91.13% |
| Housing with washing machine: | 83.72% | 79.03% |
| Housing with automobile: | 55.15% | 53.23% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 18.60% | 12.10% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 23.26% | 25.00% |
| Dwellings with cellular phones: | 78.41% | 47.58% |
| Homes with Internet: | 30.56% | 2.82% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Caracol
With the satellite map of El Caracol will I be able to look for my location? Yes, access the map, zoom in and see the surroundings of this town and the municipality of Villagrán. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Caracol.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Caracol
Do you want to stay in El Caracol? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Caracol:- MOTEL LA GRAN VILLA DE MENDOZA: 9 km away, direction South (7 minutes by car)
- MOTEL VILLAS DEL FRESNO: 9 km away, direction South (6 minutes by car)
- AUTOHOTEL SAN JOSE: 9 km away, direction North (8 minutes by car)
- HOTEL VILLAFLORES: 11 km away, direction North (9 minutes by car)
#5 Population pyramid of El Caracol (Guanajuato)
In El Caracol there is a very characteristic age structure of the population, which you can see in the following population pyramid, with data from 2005. After analyzing the demographic data of El Caracol, separated by men and women, and also by age groups, we can analyze what the future of the population in this town will be like.
| Age range | Number of women | Number of men | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infants (0-5 years) | 76 | 75 | 151 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 106 | 114 | 220 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 398 | 365 | 763 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 76 | 82 | 158 |
#6 Photos of El Caracol
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of El Caracol? We have located on the Internet several beautiful images of places and locations nearby, so you can see the beauty of this Mexican town. Some are artistic photos and others are simply panoramic photos taken by amateurs and friends who simply like El Caracol.
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#7 The Postal Code of El Caracol (Guanajuato) is 38269
Are you going to send a letter to El Caracol? Do you have a friend in El Caracol and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Caracol consists of the following 5 digits: 38269. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Caracol ("38") correspond to the state code of Guanajuato, and the last three correspond to the people themselves. In Mexico, the same ZIP code can be assigned to several towns.
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#10 Schools in El Caracol
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Villagrán
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Villagrán
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- Don Beto (7 inhabitants)
- El Garambullo (- inhabitants)
- El Tajo del Parral (Tenería de Valdez) (211 inhabitants)
- Encarnación de Gasca (62 inhabitants)
- Fraccionamiento La Venta (4 inhabitants)
- Fraccionamiento Villas la Salud (370 inhabitants)
- Granja la Soledad (3 inhabitants)
- Granja Porcina y Avícola Número Uno y Número 52 (4 inhabitants)
- La Cajita (Pozo de Roberto Franco) (2 inhabitants)
- Los Anaya (José Campos Rangel) (6 inhabitants)
- Praderas de la Venta (- inhabitants)
- Rancho el Pinto (- inhabitants)
- Suchitlán (1790 inhabitants)