About Hosur Village

Hosur is a mid sized village in Sira tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,464, made up of 747 males and 717 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 772.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hosur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hosur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Sira
Pincode	572139
Area (hectares)	772.87 hectares
Population	1,464
Male Population	747
Female Population	717
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
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 56th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents. Its 772.87 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

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 73 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Doddasiddavanhalli, about 46 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 town	Hiriyūr	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sira	29 km
Nearest railway station	Doddasiddavanhalli	46 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	73 km

Villages closest to Hosur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sira 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 1,464. That makes it the 56th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents.

Hosur village has 747 males and 717 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hosur has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Hosur is 572139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hosur covers 772.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hosur falls under Sira tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hosur is Doddasiddavanhalli, about 46 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 73 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hosur is in Sira tehsil of Tumkur district. Hiriyūr is about 13 km away. Sira is about 29 km away. Doddasiddavanhalli is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.