Barangay Navatas Daku

Barangay Navatas Daku forms part of Talalora, a municipality in Samar, and is classified as a very small barangay.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Navatas Daku had a population of 497. This made it the 7th largest of 11 barangays in Talalora by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Navatas Daku accounted for approximately 6.33% of the total population of Talalora, which stood at 7,856 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Navatas Daku changed from 514 to 497, a shift of -3.3% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with contracting populations in Talalora. Barangay Navatas Daku is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Talalora is a municipality comprising 11 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Navatas Daku, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Samar, which contains 951 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Navatas Daku ranks 534th by 2020 population. Samar 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.