What is the population of Pilalchén (Chiapas)?

Pilalchén (Chamula, Chiapas)

We have collected many facts about the large village of Pilalchén, as well as photos, maps or statistics.

So you will learn about this incredible town of 679 inhabitants of Chiapas.

The place of Pilalchén is inside the municipality of Chamula (in the State of Chiapas). There are 679 inhabitants. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #36 of the ranking. Pilalchén is at 2,158 meters of altitude.

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Data: In Pilalchén, 37% of the population over 12 years is single and 1% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.

Do you want to locate the town of Pilalchén? You can find it at 5.9 kilometers, in direction South, from the town of Chamula, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the town of Pilalchén through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.

#1 Where is Pilalchén? How to go? Map

Online map of Pilalchén (Chiapas) to be able to get to and make trips around this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in (+) or out (-) to locate the village.

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#2 The population of Pilalchén (Chiapas) is 679 inhabitants

Population data in Pilalchén (Chamula, Chiapas)
Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020	355	324	679
2010	399	304	703
2005	367	325	692

Evolution of the population in Pilalchén: Total Men Women

Other demographic data in Pilalchén:
	2020	2010
Fertility rate (children per woman):	2.63	12.50
Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas:	0.00%	0.00%
Illiterate population:	18.11%	18.21%
Illiterate population (men):	5.15%	12.50%
Illiterate population (women):	12.96%	22.56%
Schooling level:	4.68	4.01
Schooling level (men):	5.42	4.36
Schooling level (women):	4.08	3.80

Indigenous culture data in Pilalchén:
	2020	2010
Percentage of indigenous population:	99.12%	99.15%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:	86.30%	85.35%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:	27.25%	44.81%

Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of Pilalchén, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Chiapas, and in the country as a whole.

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

Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in Pilalchén:
	2020	2010
Employed population over 12 years:	27.98%	13.37%
Employed population over 12 years (men):	50.93%	24.34%
Employed population over 12 years (women):	7.04%	5.01%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:	170	151
Homes with electricity:	99.41%	95.35%
Housing with piped water:	100.00%	90.70%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:	66.47%	99.22%
Dwellings with radio:	44.71%	61.24%
Housing with television:	68.24%	50.39%
Housing with refrigerator:	10.59%	3.88%
Housing with washing machine:	1.76%	1.55%
Housing with automobile:	7.06%	5.43%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:	0.59%	0.78%
Homes with landline telephone:	7.65%	3.10%
Dwellings with cellular phones:	34.12%	14.73%
Homes with Internet:	1.18%	0.78%

Comparison of percentages of single persons in Pilalchén (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Chiapas, and with the total for the country.

#3 Satellite photo of Pilalchén

With the satellite map of Pilalchén 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 Chamula. You can search free satellite map (2024) of Pilalchén.

#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Pilalchén

It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of Pilalchén, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to Pilalchén so you can contact them.:

POSADA JARDINES DE SAN ANDRES: 8 km away, direction Northwest (6 minutes by car)
POSADA SAN ANDRESITO: 8 km away, direction Northwest (6 minutes by car)
PASADA SAN MARCOS: 8 km away, direction Northwest (6 minutes by car)
POSADA LOS PÉREZ: 8 km away, direction Northwest (7 minutes by car)

#5 Population pyramid of Pilalchén (Chiapas)

In Pilalchén 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 Pilalchén, 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.

Data of the age pyramid of the town Pilalchén (inhabitants year 2020)
Age range	Number of women	Number of men	Total population
Infants (0-5 years)	47	54	101
Youth (6-14 years)	62	69	131
Adults (15-59 years)	214	180	394
Elderly (60+ years)	32	21	53

#6 Photos of Pilalchén

In order for you to enjoy nature around Pilalchén, we have compiled a collection of sightseeing and monument photographs of the town and its surroundings. Access a completely free online image gallery of Pilalchén, so you can even use it as a wallpaper to always remember this beautiful town.

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