Yocjá (Chiapas)

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So you will learn about this incredible town of 395 inhabitants of Chiapas.

The place of Yocjá is inside the municipality of Chilón (in the State of Chiapas). There are 395 inhabitants. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #93 of the ranking. Yocjá is at 1,113 meters of altitude.

Data: In Yocjá, 43% of the inhabitants are catholic and 0% of the dwellings are equipped with a washing machine. At the bottom of this page you will find more information.

Do you want to locate the town of Yocjá? You can find it at 11.1 kilometers, in direction West, from the town of Chilón, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the town of Yocjá through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.

#1 Where is Yocjá? How to go? Map

Online map of Yocjá in Chiapas, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on Map marker

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#2 The population of Yocjá (Chiapas) is 395 inhabitants

Population data in Yocjá (Chiapas)
YearFemale InhabitantsMale inhabitantsTotal population
2020189206395
2010129136265
2005103117220
Evolution of the population in Yocjá: Total   Men   Women
Other demographic data in Yocjá:
20202010
Fertility rate (children per woman):2.8411.03
Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas:0.00%0.00%
Illiterate population:17.97%18.49%
Illiterate population (men):6.08%11.03%
Illiterate population (women):11.90%26.36%
Schooling level:5.444.74
Schooling level (men):6.295.64
Schooling level (women):4.63.83
Indigenous culture data in Yocjá:
20202010
Percentage of indigenous population:100.00%100.00%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:85.06%85.66%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:35.70%44.53%
Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of Yocjá, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Chiapas, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in Yocjá:
20202010
Employed population over 12 years:29.62%24.15%
Employed population over 12 years (men):53.88%44.85%
Employed population over 12 years (women):3.17%2.33%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:7049
Homes with electricity:92.86%97.73%
Housing with piped water:94.29%93.18%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:92.86%100.00%
Dwellings with radio:44.29%50.00%
Housing with television:42.86%20.45%
Housing with refrigerator:7.14%9.09%
Housing with washing machine:0.00%0.00%
Housing with automobile:1.43%4.55%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:0.00%2.27%
Homes with landline telephone:0.00%0.00%
Dwellings with cellular phones:35.71%9.09%
Homes with Internet:0.00%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of single persons in Yocjá (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 Yocjá

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



#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Yocjá

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

#5 Population pyramid of Yocjá (Chiapas)

In Yocjá 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 Yocjá, 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.

Population pyramid of Yocjá
Data of the age pyramid of the town Yocjá (inhabitants year 2020)
Age rangeNumber of womenNumber of menTotal population
Infants (0-5 years)313667
Youth (6-14 years)415495
Adults (15-59 years)103103206
Elderly (60+ years)141327

#6 Photos of Yocjá

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#10 Other towns in the Municipality of Chilón

  1. Agua Verde (92 inhabitants)
  2. Banac Chawuc (177 inhabitants)
  3. Batzel (98 inhabitants)
  4. Chewal Cacateel 1ra. Sección (211 inhabitants)
  5. Cololteel (299 inhabitants)
  6. Guadalupe Liquilwitz (31 inhabitants)
  7. Jol Sacún (1280 inhabitants)
  8. La Betania (83 inhabitants)
  9. Lacantajal 2da. Sección (69 inhabitants)
  10. Muquenal Segunda Sección (104 inhabitants)
  11. Saclumil (149 inhabitants)
  12. San Ignacio Tulijá (51 inhabitants)
  13. San Luis Napilá (225 inhabitants)
  14. San Pedro Tulijá (181 inhabitants)
  15. Venustiano Carranza (123 inhabitants)