About Hoskeri Village

Hoskeri is a mid sized village in Kumta tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 691, made up of 343 males and 348 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581319, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hoskeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hoskeri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Kumta
Pincode	581319
Area (hectares)	133.53 hectares
Population	691
Male Population	343
Female Population	348
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hoskeri compares

By the 2011 count Hoskeri is the 50th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 133.53 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Hoskeri

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

Hoskeri lies about 26 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Gokarna Road, about 3.9 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 Hoskeri
Nearest town	Gokarna	3.4 km
Nearest railway station	Gokarna Road	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kumta	19 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	26 km

Villages closest to Hoskeri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hoskeri village had a population of 691. That makes it the 50th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Hoskeri village has 343 males and 348 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hoskeri has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Hoskeri is 581319. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hoskeri covers 133.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hoskeri falls under Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hoskeri is Gokarna Road, about 3.9 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 10+ km distance for Hoskeri.

Hoskeri is about 26 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hoskeri is in Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Gokarna is about 3.4 km away. Gokarna Road is about 3.9 km away. Kumta is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.