Castilla, Sorsogon
# Castilla, Sorsogon

Castilla, officially the Municipality of Castilla, is a 3rd class 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

### Climate

Climate data for Castilla, Sorsogon :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average high °C (°F) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (85) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 21 (70) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (74) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 65 (2.6) | 44 (1.7) | 42 (1.7) | 39 (1.5) | 87 (3.4) | 150 (5.9) | 184 (7.2) | 153 (6.0) | 163 (6.4) | 154 (6.1) | 127 (5.0) | 100 (3.9) | 1,308 (51.4) |
| Average rainy days | 13.9 | 9.2 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 19.6 | 24.3 | 26.5 | 25.0 | 25.5 | 24.4 | 19.4 | 15.1 | 226.4 |
| Source: Meteoblue (Use with caution: this is modeled/calculated data, not measured locally.) ||||||||||||||

## 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.

