About Hosakeri Village

Hosakeri is a mid sized village in Ramdurg tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,309, made up of 661 males and 648 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 916.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hosakeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hosakeri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Ramdurg
Pincode	591114
Area (hectares)	916.42 hectares
Population	1,309
Male Population	661
Female Population	648
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hosakeri compares

By the 2011 count Hosakeri is the 64th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,945 residents. Its 916.42 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Hosakeri

Hosakeri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hosakeri 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 Hosakeri from other places

Hosakeri lies about 98 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Lakhmapur, about 24 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 Hosakeri
Tehsil headquarters	Ramdurg	12 km
Nearest town	Rāmdurg	12 km
Nearest railway station	Lakhmapur	24 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	98 km

Villages closest to Hosakeri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ramdurg 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 Hosakeri

As per the Census of India 2011, Hosakeri village had a population of 1,309. That makes it the 64th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,945 residents.

Hosakeri village has 661 males and 648 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hosakeri has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Hosakeri is 591114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hosakeri covers 916.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hosakeri falls under Ramdurg tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hosakeri is Lakhmapur, about 24 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 Hosakeri.

Hosakeri is about 98 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hosakeri is in Ramdurg tehsil of Belgaum district. Ramdurg is about 12 km away. Rāmdurg is about 12 km away. Lakhmapur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.