About Hosakere Village

Hosakere is a small village in Mudigere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 251, made up of 133 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 362.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hosakere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hosakere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Mudigere
Pincode	577132
Area (hectares)	362.75 hectares
Population	251
Male Population	133
Female Population	118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hosakere compares

By the 2011 count Hosakere is the 100th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 362.75 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1042.

Getting to Hosakere

Hosakere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hosakere as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Hosakere from other places

Hosakere lies about 35 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Donigal, about 20 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 Hosakere
Tehsil headquarters	Mudigere	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Donigal	20 km
Nearest town	Sakleshpur	21 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	35 km

Villages closest to Hosakere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hosakere village had a population of 251. That makes it the 100th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Hosakere village has 133 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hosakere has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Hosakere is 577132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hosakere covers 362.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hosakere falls under Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hosakere is Donigal, about 20 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 10+ km distance for Hosakere.

Hosakere is about 35 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hosakere is in Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Mudigere is about 9.8 km away. Donigal is about 20 km away. Sakleshpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.