Hosur city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Hosur Metropolitan Region. The Hosur city is located in Tamil Nadu state of India.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Hosur in 2011 is 116,821; of which male and female are 59,351 and 57,470 respectively. Although Hosur city has population of 116,821; its urban / metropolitan population is 229,528 of which 117,994 are males and 111,534 are females.
Hosur Population 2022 - 2023
The current estimate population of Hosur city in 2023 is
159,000
, while literacy rate, sex ratio and density are mentioned below. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Hosur city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Hosur city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Hosur city, we will update the same here in 2023.
Hosur Literacy Rate
In education section, total literates in Hosur city are 89,593 of which 47,353 are males while 42,240 are females. Average literacy rate of Hosur city is 87.40 percent of which male and female literacy was 90.93 and 83.75 percent.
Hosur Sex Ratio
The sex ratio of Hosur city is 968 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 967 per 1000 boys.
Hosur Child Population
Total children (0-6) in Hosur city are 14,307 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 7,274 boys while 7,033 are girls. The child forms 12.25 % of total population of Hosur City.
Hosur Slums
Total no. of Slums in Hosur city numbers 2,942 in which population of 12,390 resides. This is around 10.61% of total population of Hosur city.
Hosur City Population 2011
Description
City
Hosur
Government
Municipality
Urban Agglomeration
Hosur Metropolitan
State
Tamil Nadu
Hosur City
Total
Male
Female
City Population
116,821
59,351
57,470
Literates
89,593
47,353
42,240
Children (0-6)
14,307
7,274
7,033
Average Literacy (%)
87.40 %
90.93 %
83.75 %
Sexratio
968
Child Sexratio
967
Hosur Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Hosur city with 83.66 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Hosur with approximately 11.37 % following it.
In Hosur city, Christinity is followed by 4.50 %, Jainism by 0.11 %, Sikhism by 0.05 % and Buddhism by 0.02 %. Around 0.02 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.27 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Description
Percentage
Total
Hindu
83.66 %
97,727
Muslims
11.37 %
13,279
Christian
4.50 %
5,253
Sikh
0.05 %
64
Buddhist
0.02 %
22
Jain
0.11 %
132
Others
0.02 %
23
Not Stated
0.27 %
321
Hosur Metropolitan Region
Hosur city comes under Hosur Metropolitan area.
Hosur Metropolitan
Total
Male
Female
Population
229,528
117,994
111,534
Literates
175,278
93,934
81,344
Children (0-6)
29,320
14,958
14,362
Average Literacy (%)
87.55 %
91.17 %
83.71 %
Sexratio
945
Child Sexratio
960
Hosur Metropolitan Areas
Avalapalli, Hosur, Mathigiri, Mookondapalli, and Zuzuvadi