Barangay Santo Niño

Barangay Santo Niño forms part of Taysan, a municipality in Batangas, and is classified as a mid-sized barangay.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Santo Niño had a population of 2,513. This made it the 4th largest of 20 barangays in Taysan by population, placing it in the upper half of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Santo Niño accounted for approximately 6.26% of the total population of Taysan, which stood at 40,146 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Santo Niño changed from 2,501 to 2,513, a shift of +0.5% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with slowly expanding populations in Taysan. Barangay Santo Niño is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Taysan is a municipality comprising 20 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Santo Niño, 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 Santo Niño ranks 383rd 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.