About Hostot Village

Hostot is a small village in Mundgod tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 104, made up of 55 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581346, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hostot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hostot village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Mundgod
Pincode	581346
Area (hectares)	228.83 hectares
Population	104
Male Population	55
Female Population	49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Hostot compares

By the 2011 count Hostot is the 69th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,009 residents. Its 228.83 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 962.

Getting to Hostot

Hostot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hostot 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Hostot from other places

Hostot lies about 40 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Haveri, about 53 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 Hostot
Nearest town	Sirsi	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mundgod	27 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	40 km
Nearest railway station	Haveri	53 km

Villages closest to Hostot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hostot village had a population of 104. That makes it the 69th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,009 residents.

Hostot village has 55 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hostot has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Hostot is 581346. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hostot covers 228.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hostot falls under Mundgod tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hostot is Haveri, about 53 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Hostot.

Hostot is about 40 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hostot is in Mundgod tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 17 km away. Mundgod is about 27 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.