About Hosakere Village

Hosakere is a mid sized village in Jagalur tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,851, made up of 906 males and 945 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 907.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577528, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hosakere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hosakere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Jagalur
Pincode	577528
Area (hectares)	907.34 hectares
Population	1,851
Male Population	906
Female Population	945
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hosakere compares

By the 2011 count Hosakere is the 20th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 907.34 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

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 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 Hosakere from other places

Hosakere lies about 43 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Kotturu, about 25 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	Jagalur	12 km
Nearest town	Kottūru	25 km
Nearest railway station	Kotturu	25 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	43 km

Villages closest to Hosakere

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jagalur 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 1,851. That makes it the 20th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Hosakere village has 906 males and 945 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hosakere has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Hosakere is 577528. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hosakere covers 907.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hosakere falls under Jagalur tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hosakere is Kotturu, about 25 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 Hosakere.

Hosakere is about 43 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hosakere is in Jagalur tehsil of Davanagere district. Jagalur is about 12 km away. Kottūru is about 25 km away. Kotturu is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.