About Hosur Village

Hosur is a mid sized village in Shrirangapattana tehsil, in the district of Mandya, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 625, made up of 302 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571438, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hosur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hosur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mandya
Tehsil	Shrirangapattana
Pincode	571438
Area (hectares)	241.32 hectares
Population	625
Male Population	302
Female Population	323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,070
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Hosur compares

By the 2011 count Hosur is the 59th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,623 residents. Its 241.32 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

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 5 - 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 47 km from Mandya, and the nearest railway station is Sagarakatte, about 4.7 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	Sagarakatte	4.7 km
Nearest town	Krishnarājāsāgara	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shrirangapattana	24 km
District headquarters	Mandya	47 km

Villages closest to Hosur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shrirangapattana 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 625. That makes it the 59th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,623 residents.

Hosur village has 302 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hosur has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Hosur is 571438. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hosur covers 241.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hosur falls under Shrirangapattana tehsil of Mandya district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hosur is Sagarakatte, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 47 km from Mandya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hosur is in Shrirangapattana tehsil of Mandya district. Sagarakatte is about 4.7 km away. Krishnarājāsāgara is about 10 km away. Shrirangapattana is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.