About Hosur Village

Hosur is a large village in Jamkhandi tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,582, made up of 1,821 males and 1,761 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1317.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hosur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hosur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bagalkot
Tehsil	Jamkhandi
Pincode	587314
Area (hectares)	1317.93 hectares
Population	3,582
Male Population	1,821
Female Population	1,761
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hosur compares

By the 2011 count Hosur is the 36th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,202 residents. Its 1317.93 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Hosur

Hosur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hosur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Hosur from other places

Hosur lies about 70 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Chinchli, about 30 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Hosur
Nearest town	Rabkavi-Banhatti	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jamkhandi	20 km
Nearest railway station	Chinchli	30 km
District headquarters	Bagalkot	70 km

Villages closest to Hosur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jamkhandi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Hosur

As per the Census of India 2011, Hosur village had a population of 3,582. That makes it the 36th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,202 residents.

Hosur village has 1,821 males and 1,761 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hosur has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Hosur is 587314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hosur covers 1317.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hosur falls under Jamkhandi tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hosur is Chinchli, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Hosur.

Hosur is about 70 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hosur is in Jamkhandi tehsil of Bagalkot district. Rabkavi-Banhatti is about under 2 km away. Jamkhandi is about 20 km away. Chinchli is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.