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Hosur Population - Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Hosur is a medium size village located in Chandgad Taluka of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra with total 242 families residing. The Hosur village has population of 1121 of which 569 are males while 552 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hosur village population of children with age 0-6 is 92 which makes up 8.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hosur village is 970 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Hosur as per census is 957, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Hosur village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Hosur village was 72.69 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Hosur Male literacy stands at 83.91 % while female literacy rate was 61.14 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Hosur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Hosur village.

Hosur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 242 - -
Population 1,121 569 552
Child (0-6) 92 47 45
Schedule Caste 42 18 24
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 72.69 % 83.91 % 61.14 %
Total Workers 690 351 339
Main Worker 507 - -
Marginal Worker 183 70 113

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.75 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.09 % of total population in Hosur village.

Work Profile

In Hosur village out of total population, 690 were engaged in work activities. 73.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 690 workers engaged in Main Work, 402 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.