About Hosur Village

Hosur is a mid sized village in Yelbarga tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,054, made up of 544 males and 510 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 544.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583237, 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	Yelbarga
Pincode	583237
Area (hectares)	544.21 hectares
Population	1,054
Male Population	544
Female Population	510
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hosur compares

By the 2011 count Hosur is the 89th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents. Its 544.21 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

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 5 - 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
Nearest town	Kushtagi	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yelbarga	16 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 Yelbarga 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 1,054. That makes it the 89th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents.

Hosur village has 544 males and 510 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hosur has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Hosur is 583237. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hosur covers 544.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hosur falls under Yelbarga 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 5 - 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 Yelbarga tehsil of Koppal district. Linganabandi is about 3.3 km away. Kushtagi is about 10 km away. Yelbarga is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.