About Hosur Village

Hosur is a mid sized village in Kushtagi tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 520, made up of 256 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 491.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583278, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hosur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hosur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Koppal
Tehsil	Kushtagi
Pincode	583278
Area (hectares)	491.48 hectares
Population	520
Male Population	256
Female Population	264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hosur compares

By the 2011 count Hosur is the 139th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,606 residents. Its 491.48 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

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 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 Hosur from other places

Hosur lies about 36 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Linganabandi, about 3.3 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 railway station	Linganabandi	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kushtagi	10 km
District headquarters	Koppal	36 km

Villages closest to Hosur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kushtagi 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 520. That makes it the 139th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,606 residents.

Hosur village has 256 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hosur has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Hosur is 583278. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hosur covers 491.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hosur falls under Kushtagi tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hosur is Linganabandi, about 3.3 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 Hosur.

Hosur is about 36 km from Koppal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hosur is in Kushtagi tehsil of Koppal district. Linganabandi is about 3.3 km away. Kushtagi is about 10 km away. Koppal is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.