Barangay Santo Niño II

Barangay Santo Niño II forms part of Hinunangan, a municipality in Southern Leyte, and is classified as a small barangay.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Santo Niño II had a population of 1,096. This made it the 6th largest of 40 barangays in Hinunangan by population, placing it in the upper half of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Santo Niño II accounted for approximately 3.76% of the total population of Hinunangan, which stood at 29,149 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Santo Niño II changed from 1,043 to 1,096, a shift of +5.1% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Hinunangan. Barangay Santo Niño II is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Hinunangan is a municipality comprising 40 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Santo Niño II, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Southern Leyte, which contains 500 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Santo Niño II ranks 126th by 2020 population. Southern Leyte is classified as a 3rd by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

The barangay's legislative and executive affairs are handled by a Punong Barangay and the Sangguniang Barangay, elected nationwide during the Barangay and SK Elections. The next BSKE is scheduled for Monday, November 2, 2026, following the synchronized election schedule set by COMELEC Resolution No. 11191.