Population

 

Name of Barangay

Total  Population*

Number of Household**

Land Area***

(per hectare)

1.     Alindahaw

1,763

388

202.0405

2.     Baclay

1,391

259

659.7937

3.     Balimbingan

298

63

361.0441

4.     Buenasuerte

1,010

197

509.9211

5.     Camanga

1,705

382

474.5292

6.     Curvada

1,516

339

419.9671

7.     Laperian

1,448

310

1,167.0655

8.     Libertad

733

104

465.8683

9.     Lower Bayao

762

182

41.9584

10. Luy-a

615

169

307.8091

11. Man-ilan

630

122

1,686.5980

12. Manlayag

878

165

2,122.0422

13. Militar

1,510

370

231.2249

14. Navalan

1,903

318

1,341.1501

15. Panduma Sr.

2,775

535

135.3782

16. Sambulawan

1,082

259

827.2125

17. San Antonio

401

83

561.6401

18. San Carlos (Pob.)

2,678

518

55.0484

19. Sto. Niño (Pob.)

7,747

1,419

69.5684

20. Sto. Rosario

317

54

374.5738

21. Sugod

1,003

207

282.3135

22. Tabuan

1,506

258

305.6182

23. Tagulo

849

174

294.3299

24. Tinotongan

1,153

214

533.1237

25. Upper Bayao

918

174

495.7400

TOTAL

36,591

7,263

13,925.5589

*2007 Census of Population, NSO

**2007 CBMS Survey Result, MPDC

*** Cadastre, CAD 1132-D

 

Religious Sects

            Almost all persons believe in the existence of God.  People believe that faith and trust to the Great Father helps an individual in sustaining spiritual needs as well as the ups and downs of life.

The Tukuran populace is no exception.  Here, the people are mostly Christian believers 85% of the population belongs to the Roman Catholic faith followed by the different protestant sects like Iglesia ni Cristo, Evangelicals, Seventh Day Adventist and others.

Ethnicity

The municipal population is a conglomeration of different tribes and ethnic origin.  Based on various migration patterns, the Subanen are known to be the longest established group.  They were followed by the Muslims and then by the Visayan people.  Of these varied groups, the cebuanos which came from the Visayas Region dominate all others.

The major dialect in the municipality is the binisaya/bisaya as indicated in the recent 2007 census of population followed by different languages from other tribes migrated in the municipality like Ilocano, Ilonggo/Hiligaynon and others.