About Hosakere Village

Hosakere is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 164, made up of 87 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577414, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hosakere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hosakere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577414
Area (hectares)	182.56 hectares
Population	164
Male Population	87
Female Population	77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hosakere compares

By the 2011 count Hosakere is the 194th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 182.56 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Hosakere

Hosakere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hosakere 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Hosakere from other places

Hosakere lies about 41 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 26 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 Hosakere
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	11 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	26 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	36 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	41 km

Villages closest to Hosakere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hosakere village had a population of 164. That makes it the 194th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Hosakere village has 87 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hosakere has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Hosakere is 577414. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hosakere covers 182.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hosakere falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hosakere is Arasalu, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance for Hosakere.

Hosakere is about 41 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hosakere is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 11 km away. Arasalu is about 26 km away. Someshwar is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.