Barangay Cuta East

Barangay Cuta East forms part of Santa Teresita, a municipality in Batangas, and is classified as a small barangay.

According to the 2020 Census of Population and Housing conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority, Barangay Cuta East had a population of 1,197. This made it the 9th largest of 17 barangays in Santa Teresita by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Cuta East accounted for approximately 5.55% of the total population of Santa Teresita, which stood at 21,559 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Cuta East changed from 1,185 to 1,197, a shift of +1.0% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with slowly expanding populations in Santa Teresita. The Philippine Statistics Authority classifies Barangay Cuta East as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Santa Teresita is a municipality comprising 17 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Cuta East, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Batangas, which contains 1,078 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Cuta East ranks 802nd by 2020 population. Batangas 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.