About Hosur Village

Hosur is a mid sized village in Heggadadevankote tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 707, made up of 351 males and 356 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hosur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hosur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Tehsil	Heggadadevankote
Pincode	571121
Area (hectares)	24.09 hectares
Population	707
Male Population	351
Female Population	356
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
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 114th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 982 residents. Its 24.09 hectares work out to about 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little 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 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 32 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Kadakola, about 29 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	Heggadadevankote	9.3 km
Nearest town	Hunsūr	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kadakola	29 km
District headquarters	Mysore	32 km

Villages closest to Hosur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Heggadadevankote 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 707. That makes it the 114th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 982 residents.

Hosur village has 351 males and 356 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hosur has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Hosur is 571121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hosur covers 24.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Hosur falls under Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hosur is Kadakola, about 29 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 32 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hosur is in Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district. Heggadadevankote is about 9.3 km away. Hunsūr is about 24 km away. Kadakola is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.