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Barangays in Balud

The barangay is the smallest local government: where the government's plans and services reach the community, and where neighbours settle disputes.^[1] A punong barangay, often called the kapitan, leads it with seven elected kagawad and the chairperson of the Sangguniang Kabataan.^[1]

A barangay is created by law or by an ordinance of its province or city, and only when its voters approve it in a plebiscite. It needs at least 2,000 people, or 5,000 in Metro Manila and the highly urbanized cities.^[1]

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Barangays in Balud, at a glance

Barangays: 32^[2]
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 40,236^[3]
Urban or ruralUrban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 0 urban^[4]; 32 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Panguiranan^[5]; Balud, Masbate; 3,487 people
Largest by landLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: Mapitogo^[6]; Balud, Masbate; about 22.24 km²
Fewer people than in 2020Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: 18 barangays^[7]

Each row is a barangay, with its 2024 census figures. Choose a column heading or a sort button to order the list, and choose it again to turn the order round. Narrow it with the menus.

32 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Balud, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PanguirananBalud, Masbate	3,487	about 516	about 6.76 km²	0.01% a year	Rural
2	PoblacionBalud, Masbate	3,190	about 563	about 5.67 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
3	PajoBalud, Masbate	2,552	about 285	about 8.95 km²	2.77% a year	Rural
4	DaoBalud, Masbate	2,463	about 279	about 8.84 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
5	CantilBalud, Masbate	2,016	about 772	about 2.61 km²	−2.61% a year	Rural
6	GuinbanwahanBalud, Masbate	1,985	about 467	about 4.25 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
7	CalumpangBalud, Masbate	1,862	about 1,186	about 1.57 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
8	IlayaBalud, Masbate	1,858	about 245	about 7.59 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
9	UboBalud, Masbate	1,783	about 409	about 4.36 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
10	PulandutaBalud, Masbate	1,412	about 287	about 4.92 km²	−0.03% a year	Rural
11	JintotoloBalud, Masbate	1,388	about 524	about 2.65 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
12	SalvacionBalud, Masbate	1,373	about 663	about 2.07 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
13	PalaneBalud, Masbate	1,257	about 146	about 8.61 km²	−2.85% a year	Rural
14	DanaoBalud, Masbate	1,231	about 388	about 3.17 km²	−1.77% a year	Rural
15	TongaBalud, Masbate	1,195	about 103	about 11.63 km²	3.34% a year	Rural
16	JanganBalud, Masbate	1,064	about 56	about 19.00 km²	5.12% a year	Rural
17	PanubiganBalud, Masbate	1,037	about 176	about 5.88 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
18	San AndresBalud, Masbate	1,001	about 145	about 6.91 km²	−1.30% a year	Rural
19	MabuhayBalud, Masbate	879	about 78	about 11.21 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
20	San AntonioBalud, Masbate	864	about 554	about 1.56 km²	−1.98% a year	Rural
21	CasamonganBalud, Masbate	823	about 168	about 4.91 km²	2.85% a year	Rural
22	TalisayBalud, Masbate	785	about 162	about 4.86 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
23	SapatosBalud, Masbate	691	about 4,866	about 0.142 km²	0.82% a year	Rural
24	BaybayBalud, Masbate	602	about 266	about 2.26 km²	−2.98% a year	Rural
25	BongcanawayBalud, Masbate	580	about 267	about 2.17 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
26	Quinayangan DiotayBalud, Masbate	566	about 735	about 0.77 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
27	SampadBalud, Masbate	489	about 72	about 6.81 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
28	Quinayangan TongaBalud, Masbate	439	about 67	about 6.57 km²	−1.27% a year	Rural
29	Villa AlvarezBalud, Masbate	363	about 36	about 10.16 km²	3.54% a year	Rural
30	VictoryBalud, Masbate	356	about 50	about 7.14 km²	−2.70% a year	Rural
31	MapitogoBalud, Masbate	355	about 16	about 22.24 km²	−4.17% a year	Rural
32	MapiliBalud, Masbate	290	about 20	about 14.80 km²	3.04% a year	Rural

How it fits

A barangay is the smallest unit of government, led by a punong barangay (the kapitan) and a council of kagawad. Every city and municipality is made up of barangays.

Sources

The list shows each place's own figures: people from the PSA's 2024 census, growth from its 2020 census, land areas from the Land Management Bureau's 2019 masterlist. A barangay's area is measured inside its border on UN OCHA's map and is approximate, and a barangay shows no growth where its border changed after 2020. Every figure's source is on its place's page; how Scene works out the rest.

1.Congress of the Philippines. Republic Act No. 7160: the Local Government Code of 1991. Published October 10, 1991. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Publication Datafile. Published June 30, 2026. Read by Scene September 24, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
3.Philippine Statistics Authority. Population and Annual Population Growth Rate of the Philippines and its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities Based on the 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2024 Population Census (OpenSTAT table 0211A6DAPG0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
4.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population and Urban Population by Urban Classification and Region, Province, Highly Urbanized City, City/Municipality and Barangay: Philippines, 2024 (OpenSTAT table 0231A6DPUP0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
5.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: Bicol Region (OpenSTAT table 0051A6DTPH4). Published August 4, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
6.UN OCHA, from the PSA and NAMRIA. Philippines: Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB), barangay layer. Published February 13, 2025. Read by Scene September 25, 2026. CC BY-IGO 3.0. Open the source
7.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 4th Quarter 2022: Publication Datafile, with the 2015 and 2020 census counts (the PSA's file, as the Internet Archive keeps it). Published December 31, 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source

Scene adds what the sources do not print themselves: growth rates, shares, barangay areas and densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances, each computed from the figures and borders above. How each is made.

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