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Hosur Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Hosur is a medium size village located in Hosanagara Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 281 families residing. The Hosur village has population of 1186 of which 558 are males while 628 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hosur village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 8.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hosur village is 1125 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Hosur as per census is 1261, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Hosur village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Hosur village was 73.48 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Hosur Male literacy stands at 80.08 % while female literacy rate was 67.54 %.

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 281 - -
Population 1,186 558 628
Child (0-6) 104 46 58
Schedule Caste 58 25 33
Schedule Tribe 80 33 47
Literacy 73.48 % 80.08 % 67.54 %
Total Workers 473 348 125
Main Worker 433 - -
Marginal Worker 40 8 32

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 6.75 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.89 % of total population in Hosur village.

Work Profile

In Hosur village out of total population, 473 were engaged in work activities. 91.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 473 workers engaged in Main Work, 187 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.