Barangay Pagalangan

Situated in Victoria, Laguna, Barangay Pagalangan is one of 9 barangays that make up the municipality within CALABARZON.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Pagalangan had a population of 1,630. This made it the 7th largest of 9 barangays in Victoria by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Pagalangan accounted for approximately 3.76% of the total population of Victoria, which stood at 43,408 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Pagalangan changed from 1,434 to 1,630, a shift of +13.7% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Victoria. Barangay Pagalangan is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Victoria is a municipality comprising 9 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Pagalangan, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Laguna, which contains 681 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Pagalangan ranks 396th by 2020 population. Laguna 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.