The Atlas

Barangays in Pilar

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 Pilar, at a glance

Barangays: 49^[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: 76,908^[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: 1 urban^[4]; 48 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Banuyo^[5]; Pilar, Sorsogon; 3,967 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: Ginablan^[6]; Pilar, Sorsogon; about 12.06 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: 26 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.

49 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Pilar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	BanuyoPilar, Sorsogon	3,967	about 1,945	about 2.04 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
2	San RafaelPilar, Sorsogon	3,334	about 379	about 8.80 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
3	Del RosarioPilar, Sorsogon	3,313	about 490	about 6.76 km²	2.15% a year	Rural
4	PutiaoPilar, Sorsogon	2,907	about 2,363	about 1.23 km²	6.48% a year	Rural
5	San Antonio (Sapa)Pilar, Sorsogon	2,815	about 480	about 5.87 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
6	InapuganPilar, Sorsogon	2,683	about 1,104	about 2.43 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
7	MarifosquePilar, Sorsogon	2,488	about 2,392	about 1.04 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
8	AbucayPilar, Sorsogon	2,455	about 469	about 5.24 km²	−3.27% a year	Rural
9	DaoPilar, Sorsogon	2,455	about 3,273	about 0.75 km²	−0.29% a year	Urban
10	Santa FePilar, Sorsogon	2,455	about 460	about 5.34 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
11	SalvacionPilar, Sorsogon	2,392	about 782	about 3.06 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
12	LungibPilar, Sorsogon	2,308	about 537	about 4.30 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
13	CabiguanPilar, Sorsogon	1,953	about 626	about 3.12 km²	−1.88% a year	Rural
14	BinanuahanPilar, Sorsogon	1,923	about 9,335	about 0.206 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
15	CalongayPilar, Sorsogon	1,900	about 328	about 5.80 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
16	InangPilar, Sorsogon	1,893	about 242	about 7.82 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
17	BantayanPilar, Sorsogon	1,885	about 445	about 4.24 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
18	BayasongPilar, Sorsogon	1,841	about 606	about 3.04 km²	1.45% a year	Rural
19	DapdapPilar, Sorsogon	1,714	about 229	about 7.49 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
20	LumbangPilar, Sorsogon	1,688	about 461	about 3.66 km²	2.32% a year	Rural
21	GinablanPilar, Sorsogon	1,686	about 140	about 12.06 km²	−3.40% a year	Rural
22	MabanatePilar, Sorsogon	1,684	about 238	about 7.07 km²	−1.20% a year	Rural
23	EsperanzaPilar, Sorsogon	1,605	about 747	about 2.15 km²	−1.19% a year	Rural
24	MalbogPilar, Sorsogon	1,464	about 286	about 5.12 km²	9.76% a year	Rural
25	PalanasPilar, Sorsogon	1,339	about 209	about 6.42 km²	−0.28% a year	Rural
26	PangpangPilar, Sorsogon	1,257	about 192	about 6.54 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
27	San JosePilar, Sorsogon	1,189	about 390	about 3.05 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
28	DanlogPilar, Sorsogon	1,147	about 341	about 3.36 km²	−0.35% a year	Rural
29	San Antonio (Millabas)Pilar, Sorsogon	1,097	about 293	about 3.75 km²	1.59% a year	Rural
30	SacnanganPilar, Sorsogon	1,092	about 173	about 6.33 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
31	CatamlanganPilar, Sorsogon	1,077	about 327	about 3.29 km²	−1.19% a year	Rural
32	AbasPilar, Sorsogon	1,053	about 346	about 3.04 km²	−2.33% a year	Rural
33	PoctolPilar, Sorsogon	1,034	about 342	about 3.02 km²	−4.56% a year	Rural
34	CagdongonPilar, Sorsogon	991	about 270	about 3.67 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
35	LipasonPilar, Sorsogon	982	about 275	about 3.57 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
36	PinedaPilar, Sorsogon	982	about 141	about 6.95 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
37	MercedesPilar, Sorsogon	943	about 252	about 3.74 km²	−2.21% a year	Rural
38	NaspiPilar, Sorsogon	942	about 401	about 2.35 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
39	Comapo-capoPilar, Sorsogon	915	about 186	about 4.92 km²	1.73% a year	Rural
40	LourdesPilar, Sorsogon	869	about 319	about 2.72 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
41	LubianoPilar, Sorsogon	859	about 385	about 2.23 km²	2.85% a year	Rural
42	GuironPilar, Sorsogon	782	about 260	about 3.01 km²	−1.39% a year	Rural
43	MigabodPilar, Sorsogon	698	about 329	about 2.12 km²	11.76% a year	Rural
44	EsmeradaPilar, Sorsogon	545	about 106	about 5.14 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
45	CalpiPilar, Sorsogon	534	about 72	about 7.42 km²	−3.81% a year	Rural
46	PudoPilar, Sorsogon	511	about 287	about 1.78 km²	8.55% a year	Rural
47	PinagsalogPilar, Sorsogon	472	about 271	about 1.74 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
48	LeonaPilar, Sorsogon	455	about 316	about 1.44 km²	6.42% a year	Rural
49	BayawasPilar, Sorsogon	335	about 146	about 2.29 km²	−0.49% 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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