About Hosur Village

Hosur is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 910, made up of 434 males and 476 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 561.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577412, 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	Sagar
Pincode	577412
Area (hectares)	561.72 hectares
Population	910
Male Population	434
Female Population	476
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,097
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 42nd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 561.72 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1029.

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 59 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 17 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	Balegundi	17 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	22 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	59 km

Villages closest to Hosur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sagar 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 910. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Hosur village has 434 males and 476 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hosur has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

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

Hosur covers 561.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hosur falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hosur is Balegundi, about 17 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 59 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 Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Balegundi is about 17 km away. Shikaripura is about 20 km away. Sagar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.