About Hosur Village

Hosur is a mid sized village in Shirhatti tehsil, in the district of Gadag, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,167, made up of 603 males and 564 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 937.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 582112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hosur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hosur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gadag
Tehsil	Shirhatti
Pincode	582112
Area (hectares)	937.24 hectares
Population	1,167
Male Population	603
Female Population	564
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
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 42nd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,763 residents. Its 937.24 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

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 26 km from Gadag, and the nearest railway station is Kalas, 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 Hosur
Tehsil headquarters	Shirhatti	3.5 km
Nearest town	Lakshmeshwar	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kalas	24 km
District headquarters	Gadag	26 km

Villages closest to Hosur

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Hosur

As per the Census of India 2011, Hosur village had a population of 1,167. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,763 residents.

Hosur village has 603 males and 564 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hosur has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Hosur is 582112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hosur covers 937.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hosur falls under Shirhatti tehsil of Gadag district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hosur is Kalas, 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 Hosur.

Hosur is about 26 km from Gadag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hosur is in Shirhatti tehsil of Gadag district. Shirhatti is about 3.5 km away. Lakshmeshwar is about 14 km away. Kalas is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.