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Hossur Population - Gulbarga, Karnataka

Hossur is a medium size village located in Chitapur Taluka of Gulbarga district, Karnataka with total 313 families residing. The Hossur village has population of 1694 of which 848 are males while 846 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hossur village population of children with age 0-6 is 269 which makes up 15.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hossur village is 998 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Hossur as per census is 949, higher than Karnataka average of 948.

Hossur village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Hossur village was 49.68 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Hossur Male literacy stands at 61.27 % while female literacy rate was 38.18 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Hossur 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 Hossur village.

Hossur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 313 - -
Population 1,694 848 846
Child (0-6) 269 138 131
Schedule Caste 158 78 80
Schedule Tribe 33 18 15
Literacy 49.68 % 61.27 % 38.18 %
Total Workers 647 402 245
Main Worker 568 - -
Marginal Worker 79 38 41

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.33 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.95 % of total population in Hossur village.

Work Profile

In Hossur village out of total population, 647 were engaged in work activities. 87.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 647 workers engaged in Main Work, 158 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 320 were Agricultural labourer.