Barangay Ganduz

Situated in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, Barangay Ganduz is one of 14 barangays that make up the municipality within Central Luzon.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Ganduz had a population of 2,492. This made it the 7th largest of 14 barangays in Pantabangan by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Ganduz accounted for approximately 7.85% of the total population of Pantabangan, which stood at 31,763 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Ganduz changed from 2,461 to 2,492, a shift of +1.3% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with slowly expanding populations in Pantabangan. Barangay Ganduz is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Pantabangan is a municipality comprising 14 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Ganduz, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Nueva Ecija, which contains 849 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Ganduz ranks 335th by 2020 population. Nueva Ecija is classified as a 1st by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

Barangay Ganduz is governed by an elected Sangguniang Barangay composed of a Punong Barangay and seven kagawads, with the Sangguniang Kabataan representing the youth. The next BSKE, set for Monday, November 2, 2026, will elect officials to four-year terms as provided under Republic Act No. 12232.