About Hosur Village

Hosur is a mid sized village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,186, made up of 558 males and 628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1054.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577425, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hosur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hosur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577425
Area (hectares)	1054.35 hectares
Population	1,186
Male Population	558
Female Population	628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,125
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 14th 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 1054.35 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 1025.

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 66 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Sagar Jambagaru, about 30 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	Hosanagara	11 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	30 km
Nearest railway station	Sagar Jambagaru	30 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	66 km

Villages closest to Hosur

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 Hosur

As per the Census of India 2011, Hosur village had a population of 1,186. That makes it the 14th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Hosur village has 558 males and 628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hosur has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Hosur is 577425. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hosur covers 1054.35 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 Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hosur is Sagar Jambagaru, about 30 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 66 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hosur is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 11 km away. Sāgar is about 30 km away. Sagar Jambagaru is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.