Hosur observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Tarikere mandal is Yoganarasimhaswamy temple, Chikkamagaluru. No temple of this dedication is on record within Hosur itself.
Nadahabba — the state festival. Bombe Habba doll steps at home; Mysuru Dasara is the public form, the Jamboo Savari procession on Vijayadashami carrying the Chamundeshwari idol on a decorated elephant.
The regional form observed across Karnataka. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Hosur ranks #54 of 145 villages in Tarikere mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hosur is a village of 715 people in 158 households (Census 2011) in Tarikere taluk, Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka, the 54th-largest of 145 villages in Tarikere taluk. Literacy is 64%, 3 points below the taluk average of 67% and the sex ratio is 970 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 577228, served by Tarikere post office; the LGD village code is 609159. The village votes in Tarikere assembly constituency, represented by MLA G. H. Srinivasa. The population is estimated at 843 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bettadahalli →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosur · this village | 715 | 64% | — |
| Bettadahalli · Tarikere | 1,657 | 77% | — |
| Kerehosahalli · Tarikere | 771 | 73% | — |
| Chakonahalli · Tarikere | 728 | 56% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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