About Hosakesare Village

Hosakesare is a mid sized village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,114, made up of 553 males and 561 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 911.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hosakesare Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hosakesare village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577412
Area (hectares)	911.58 hectares
Population	1,114
Male Population	553
Female Population	561
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hosakesare compares

By the 2011 count Hosakesare is the 20th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 911.58 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Hosakesare

Hosakesare is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hosakesare as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Hosakesare from other places

Hosakesare lies about 47 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, about 12 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 Hosakesare
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	12 km
Nearest railway station	Anandapuram	12 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	22 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	47 km

Villages closest to Hosakesare

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hosakesare village had a population of 1,114. That makes it the 20th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Hosakesare village has 553 males and 561 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hosakesare has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Hosakesare is 577412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hosakesare covers 911.58 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.

Hosakesare falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hosakesare is Anandapuram, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Hosakesare.

Hosakesare is about 47 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hosakesare is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 12 km away. Anandapuram is about 12 km away. Sāgar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.