Barangay Payte

Barangay Payte forms part of Pitogo, a municipality in Quezon, and is classified as a very small barangay.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Payte had a population of 187. This made it the 36th largest of 39 barangays in Pitogo by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Payte accounted for approximately 0.82% of the total population of Pitogo, which stood at 22,798 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Payte changed from 256 to 187, a shift of -27.0% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with contracting populations in Pitogo. Barangay Payte is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Pitogo is a municipality comprising 39 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Payte, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Quezon, which contains 1,242 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Payte ranks 1185th by 2020 population. Quezon 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.