Castilla, Sorsogon

Castilla, officially the Municipality of Castilla, is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 60,635 people.

Barangays
Castilla is divided into 34 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.


 * Amomonting
 * Bagalayag
 * Bagong Sirang
 * Bonga
 * Buenavista
 * Burabod
 * Caburacan
 * Canjela
 * Cogon
 * Cumadcad
 * Dangcalan
 * Dinapa
 * La Union
 * Libtong
 * Loreto
 * Macalaya
 * Maracabac
 * Mayon
 * Milagrosa
 * Miluya
 * Maypangi
 * Monte Carmelo
 * Oras
 * Pandan
 * Poblacion
 * Quirapi
 * Saclayan
 * Salvacion
 * San Isidro
 * San Rafael
 * San Roque
 * San Vicente
 * Sogoy
 * Tomalaytay

Economy
Majority of the males (62.02%) falling under working age population were employed while only a little over 10% of the females were employed. Out of the municipality's labor force, majority (52.54%) were not economically active who were either too old, sick, or still at school age. Overall, the total employment rate in Castilla was only 40.95% while unemployment was recorded at 6.50%. This is expected considering that there is inadequate employment opportunity in the municipality.

Total dependency ratio in Castilla was computed at 86.57%, which indicates more mouths to feed for those with gainful employment. Young dependency ratio was computed at 79.97% while old dependency ratio was 6.60%.

Farming and fishing are the main employment opportunities but are characteristically seasoned in nature. Castilla has 13 coastal barangays, which depend on fishing as the main economic activity.