TAGULOD

📍 Geographic & Classification

• Type: Rural-urban barangay in eastern Candaba, bordering Bulacan (Mandile, Bagong Silang) and adjacent to Candaba’s Cuayang Bugtong and Mandili commons.wikimedia.org+15philatlas.com+15commons.wikimedia.org+15.
  
  

• Coordinates & Elevation: ~15.2083° N, 120.9144° E, at approximately 12–14 m (39–45 ft) above sea level mapcarta.com+5philatlas.com+5mapcarta.com+5.
  
  

👥 Demographics & Population

• Population (2020): 2,570 (~2.15% of Candaba total) philatlas.com.
  
  

• Households (2015): 550 households (avg 4.56 persons/household) with a population of 2,510 philatlas.com+1geocities.ws+1.
  
  

• Age & Dependency (2015): Median age ~25.85 yrs; highest age cohort 5–9 yrs (10.76%); youth dependency ~48.9%, elderly ~8.8%, total ~57.7% philatlas.com.
  
  

📈 Population Trends

• Increase from 1,755 (1990) to 2,570 (2020).
  
  

• Fluctuating growth: +3.38% (1995), −2.24% (2000), +3.49% (2015), then slowed to +0.50% (2015–2020) philatlas.com.
  
  

🏡 Land Use & Real Estate

• Features rice paddies, mung bean farms, and residential clusters along farm-to-market roads (Sitios Hulo, Hilerang Patubig) mapcarta.com+15commons.wikimedia.org+15commons.wikimedia.org+15.
  
  

• Land generally low‑lying and prone to seasonal flooding due to swamp proximity.
  
  

🏫 Infrastructure & Amenities

• Tagulod Elementary School (est. 1965) near Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel elevationmap.net+1geocities.ws+1commons.wikimedia.org+15mapcarta.com+15mapcarta.com+15.
  
  

• Tagulod National High School (since 1977), Covered Court, Multipurpose Hall/Town Hall, Health Station, Daycare, Senior Citizens & VAWC desks, and several chapels including Iglesia ni Cristo & Door of Faith Church mapcarta.com+1mapcarta.com+1.
  
  

🚗 Transport & Connectivity

• Access via barangay roads linking to the Pan‑Philippine (Maharlika) Highway, connecting to Bulacan and Nueva Ecija geocities.ws+9commons.wikimedia.org+9commons.wikimedia.org+9.
  
  

• Road concreting completed in early 2012 (PHP 992,097) to support local transit pampanga.gov.ph.
  
  

• 🚍 Services include jeepneys, tricycles, and important flood-season boat use.
  
  

🌟 Economy & Community Life

• Mixed farming (rice, mung beans), small-scale agriculture, and seasonal birdwatching from paddy ecosystems .
  
  

• Community centers (school, court, chapels) foster social, educational, religious, and civic engagement.
  
  

🌏 Context within Candaba Municipality

• One of 33 barangays, contributing to Candaba’s ~119,497 population commons.wikimedia.org+15geocities.ws+15philatlas.com+15.
  
  

• Utility provider: NEECO 1 (Nueva Ecija Electric Cooperative) en.wikipedia.org.
  
  

• Part of the famous Candaba Swamp, a vital flood retention basin and agricultural area elevationmap.net+3geocities.ws+3en.wikipedia.org+3.