Barangay Bangkal

Situated in Norzagaray, Bulacan, Barangay Bangkal is one of 13 barangays that make up the municipality within Central Luzon.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Bangkal had a population of 907. This made it the 12th largest of 13 barangays in Norzagaray by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Bangkal accounted for approximately 0.67% of the total population of Norzagaray, which stood at 136,064 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Bangkal changed from 1,419 to 907, a shift of -36.1% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with contracting populations in Norzagaray. Barangay Bangkal is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Norzagaray is a municipality comprising 13 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Bangkal, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Bulacan, which contains 569 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Bangkal ranks 558th by 2020 population. Bulacan is classified as a 1st 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.