El Castillo (Degollado, Jalisco)

Maps, photos and statistics of El Castillo, a beautiful large village of 679 inhabitants of the State of Jalisco

The town of El Castillo is located in the Municipality of Degollado (in the State of Jalisco). There are 679 inhabitants. Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #4 in terms of number of inhabitants. El Castillo is at 1,579 meters of altitude.

Data: In El Castillo, 34% of the population over 12 years is single and 24% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.

The town of El Castillo is located at 12.2 kilometers from Degollado, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the Northwest direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of El Castillo.

#1 Where is El Castillo? How to get there? Map

Map to know how to get to El Castillo (Jalisco) by road and with geographical references of the surrounding towns. With the controls you can zoom in and out to the position of El Castillo, which has the following symbol Map marker

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#2 The population of El Castillo (Jalisco) is 679 inhabitants

Population data in El Castillo (Degollado, Jalisco)
YearFemale InhabitantsMale inhabitantsTotal population
2020334345679
2010329304633
2005293297590
Evolution of the population in El Castillo: Total   Men   Women
Other demographic data in El Castillo:
20202010
Fertility rate (children per woman):3.2513.16
Population coming from outside the State of Jalisco:39.76%28.12%
Illiterate population:9.72%12.95%
Illiterate population (men):5.30%13.16%
Illiterate population (women):4.42%12.77%
Schooling level:5.374.33
Schooling level (men):5.084.18
Schooling level (women):5.674.46
Indigenous culture data in El Castillo:
20202010
Percentage of indigenous population:0.00%0.00%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:0.00%0.00%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:0.00%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of El Castillo, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Jalisco, and in the country as a whole.

Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Degollado (statistics, photos, maps, restaurants...) at this link.

Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in El Castillo:
20202010
Employed population over 12 years:53.31%34.44%
Employed population over 12 years (men):59.71%34.54%
Employed population over 12 years (women):46.71%34.35%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:157175
Homes with electricity:99.36%100.00%
Housing with piped water:99.36%95.38%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:98.09%84.62%
Dwellings with radio:59.87%59.23%
Housing with television:88.54%94.62%
Housing with refrigerator:78.98%84.62%
Housing with washing machine:75.16%63.85%
Housing with automobile:40.13%37.69%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:2.55%3.85%
Homes with landline telephone:40.76%61.54%
Dwellings with cellular phones:64.33%17.69%
Homes with Internet:24.20%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Castillo (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Jalisco, and with the total for the country.

#3 Satellite photo of El Castillo

Amazing satellite GPS maps of El Castillo, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of Degollado. You can search free satellite map (2024) of El Castillo.



#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Castillo

Do you want to stay in El Castillo? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Castillo:

#5 Population pyramid of El Castillo (Jalisco)

We have compiled data on number of inhabitants of El Castillo by age and sex, to show you the following population pyramid of the town, from the year 2005. You can check how the percentages of children and adults are distributed, in addition to women and men. With this data you can analyze the demographic structure, and know if in El Castillo there is a generational replacement.

Population pyramid of El Castillo
Data of the age pyramid of the town El Castillo (inhabitants year 2020)
Age rangeNumber of womenNumber of menTotal population
Infants (0-5 years)5660116
Youth (6-14 years)6359122
Adults (15-59 years)189199388
Elderly (60+ years)262753

#6 Photos of El Castillo

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of El Castillo? 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 Castillo.

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#7 The Postal Code of El Castillo (Jalisco) is 47993

Do you want to know the Postal Code of El Castillo so that you can send postal packages and letters with complete confidence that they will arrive at their destination? Write down the following 5 digits: 47993. The first two digits of the ZIP code of El Castillo ("47") correspond to the State of Jalisco, and the last three identify the town itself. As a curiosity, there may be several locations in the same State with the same Post Code.

#8 Vote for El Castillo as the most beautiful town in Mexico

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In the following links you can check the list of the best (and most beautiful) towns in Mexico and the State of Jalisco, by popular vote:
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#10 Schools in El Castillo

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#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Degollado

  1. Casiripal (27 inhabitants)
  2. Cerrito de Villaseñor (25 inhabitants)
  3. El Derrumbadero (29 inhabitants)
  4. El Nacimiento (24 inhabitants)
  5. El Ojo de Agua (- inhabitants)
  6. El Pantano (13 inhabitants)
  7. El Pino de León (El Pino de Leones) (11 inhabitants)
  8. La Tepuza (- inhabitants)
  9. La Víbora (Villa del Refugio) (294 inhabitants)
  10. Los Ranchitos (101 inhabitants)
  11. Los Sauces (39 inhabitants)
  12. Quirino (La Sierrita) (391 inhabitants)
  13. Respingo (Potrero de Respingo) (28 inhabitants)
  14. San Hipólito (Altamira) (128 inhabitants)
  15. Santa Cecilia (7 inhabitants)