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Hosur Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Hosur is a medium size village located in Sagar Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 217 families residing. The Hosur village has population of 910 of which 434 are males while 476 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hosur village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 11.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hosur village is 1097 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Hosur as per census is 1188, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Hosur village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Hosur village was 75.16 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Hosur Male literacy stands at 84.97 % while female literacy rate was 66.11 %.

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 217 - -
Population 910 434 476
Child (0-6) 105 48 57
Schedule Caste 46 26 20
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.16 % 84.97 % 66.11 %
Total Workers 478 290 188
Main Worker 464 - -
Marginal Worker 14 7 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.05 % of total population in Hosur village. The village Hosur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Hosur village out of total population, 478 were engaged in work activities. 97.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 478 workers engaged in Main Work, 281 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 112 were Agricultural labourer.