El Caracol (Michoacán)
We have collected many facts about the small village of El Caracol, as well as pictures, maps or statistics.
So you will learn about this incredible town of 63 inhabitants of Michoacán.
The town of El Caracol (Michoacán) belongs to the municipality of Madero. There are 63 inhabitants and it is 2,075 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Tacámbaro is 47 minutes away by car (41 km). It is the most populated town in the position #49 of the whole municipality.
Data: In El Caracol, 41% of the population over 12 years is single and 15% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.
To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that El Caracol is located at 7.7 kilometers (in direction Northeast) from the locality of Villa Madero, which is the one that has more inhabitants inside the municipality. With our webpage and with our satelital map that you can find below, you can know where is and visit the surroundings of El Caracol.
#1 Where is El Caracol? How to go? Map
Online map of El Caracol in Michoacán, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on 
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#2 The population of El Caracol (Michoacán) is 63 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 31 | 32 | 63 |
| 2010 | 28 | 29 | 57 |
| 2005 | 33 | 27 | 60 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.77 | 3.45 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Michoacán: | 1.59% | 0.00% |
| Illiterate population: | 9.52% | 3.51% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 6.35% | 3.45% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 3.17% | 3.57% |
| Schooling level: | 6.79 | 6.03 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.35 | 6.53 |
| Schooling level (women): | 7.24 | 5.36 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Madero (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 28.57% | 29.82% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 40.62% | 55.17% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 16.13% | 3.57% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 13 | 11 |
| Homes with electricity: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Homes with piped water: | 100.00% | 70.00% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 100.00% | 90.00% |
| Homes with a radio: | 53.85% | 70.00% |
| Homes with a television: | 76.92% | 100.00% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 100.00% | 90.00% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 84.62% | 70.00% |
| Homes with a car: | 92.31% | 90.00% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 7.69% | 0.00% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 15.38% | 0.00% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 69.23% | 70.00% |
| Homes with Internet: | 15.38% | 0.00% |
#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 Madero. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Caracol.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Caracol
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of El Caracol, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to El Caracol so you can contact them:- HOTEL FRANCO: 11 km away, direction Northwest (10 minutes by car)
- HOTEL TARASCO: 36 km away, direction Northwest (27 minutes by car)
- POSADA EN ACUITZIO DEL CANJE: 32 km away, direction Northwest (27 minutes by car)
- QUINTA SAUZ: 32 km away, direction Southwest (27 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Caracol
Are you visiting and don't know what to do in El Caracol? The list of the best places to visit in El Caracol and nearby locations.Las mejores montes de El Caracol para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- Cerro El Guajolote (2197 meters): 2.9 km walk (50 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Cerro Moreno (2174 meters): 3.0 km walk (58 minutes), heading South.
- Cerro La Tijera (2194 meters): 3.3 km walk (50 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Cerro Pedregoso (2115 meters): 2.8 km walk (39 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Tacámbaro (Michoacán): Don't miss "Plaza de Armas", 47 km, heading Southwest (41 minutes by car)
- El Perdido (45 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the North (4 minutes by car)
- La Cumbre (328 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the Northeast (5 minutes by car)
- Moreno (130 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the South (5 minutes by car)
- Los Lobos (16 inhabitants): Located 6 km to the North (9 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Caracol (Michoacán)
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) | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 3 | 2 | 5 |
#7 Pictures of El Caracol
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures 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 pictures and others are simply panoramic pictures taken by amateurs and friends who simply like El Caracol.
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#9 Schools in El Caracol
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Madero
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- Las Truchitas (7 inhabitants)
- Los Cuisillos (- inhabitants)
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- Milpillas (46 inhabitants)
- Puerto del Eje (1 inhabitants)
- Tepame (Tepamis) (4 inhabitants)
- Villa Madero (7633 inhabitants)
- Zárate (8 inhabitants)