About Hostot Village

Hostot is a mid sized village in Siddapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 568, made up of 303 males and 265 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 343.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581355, 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	Siddapur
Pincode	581355
Area (hectares)	343.72 hectares
Population	568
Male Population	303
Female Population	265
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hostot compares

By the 2011 count Hostot is the 44th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 343.72 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1010.

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 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 Hostot from other places

Hostot lies about 39 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 24 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
Tehsil headquarters	Siddapur	13 km
Nearest railway station	Talaguppa	24 km
Nearest town	Sirsi	27 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	39 km

Villages closest to Hostot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Siddapur 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 568. That makes it the 44th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Hostot village has 303 males and 265 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hostot has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Hostot is 581355. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hostot covers 343.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Hostot is Talaguppa, about 24 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 Hostot.

Hostot is about 39 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 Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Siddapur is about 13 km away. Talaguppa is about 24 km away. Sirsi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.