About Hosakoppa Village

Hosakoppa is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 146, made up of 75 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 204.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577414, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hosakoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hosakoppa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577414
Area (hectares)	204.69 hectares
Population	146
Male Population	75
Female Population	71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hosakoppa compares

By the 2011 count Hosakoppa is the 200th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 204.69 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Hosakoppa

Hosakoppa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hosakoppa 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 Hosakoppa from other places

Hosakoppa lies about 46 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 42 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 Hosakoppa
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	8.3 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	28 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	42 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	46 km

Villages closest to Hosakoppa

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 Hosakoppa

As per the Census of India 2011, Hosakoppa village had a population of 146. That makes it the 200th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Hosakoppa village has 75 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hosakoppa has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

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

Hosakoppa covers 204.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hosakoppa falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hosakoppa is Arasalu, about 42 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 Hosakoppa.

Hosakoppa is about 46 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hosakoppa is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 8.3 km away. Someshwar is about 28 km away. Arasalu is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.