Castilla, Province of Sorsogon, Bicol Region, Philippines

🇵🇭 Castilla, officially the Municipality of Castilla, is a municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 60,635 people.

Geography: Barangays Castilla is divided into 34 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios: • Amomonting • Bagalayag • Bagong Sirang • Bonga • Buenavista • Burabod • Caburacan • Canjela • Cogon • Cumadcad • Dangcalan • Dinapa • La Union • Libtong • Loreto • Macalaya • Maracabac • Mayon • Milagrosa • Miluya • Maypangi • Monte Carmelo • Oras • Pandan • Poblacion • Quirapi • Saclayan • Salvacion • San Isidro • San Rafael • San Roque • San Vicente • Sogoy • Tomalaytay.

Economy Majority of the males (62.02%) falling under working age population were employed while only a little over 10% of the females were employed. Out of the municipality's labor force, majority (52.54%) were not economically active who were either too old, sick, or still at school age. Overall, the total employment rate in Castilla was only 40.95% while unemployment was recorded at 6.50%. This is expected considering that there is inadequate employment opportunity in the municipality.

Total dependency ratio in Castilla was computed at 86.57%, which indicates more mouths to feed for those with gainful employment. Young dependency ratio was computed at 79.97% while old dependency ratio was 6.60%.

Farming and fishing are the main employment opportunities but are characteristically seasoned in nature. Castilla has 13 coastal barangays, which depend on fishing as the main economic activity.