Hossur is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.[1][2] It is located in the Gauribidanur taluk of Chikkaballapur district in Karnataka.
Hossur | |
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village | |
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| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Chikkaballapur |
| Talukas | Gauribidanur |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 6,496 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 561210 |
Mysore Gazette-1890
editHosur. — A large village in the Gauribidanur taluk, 6 miles south-west of the kasba. Population 2,574. A fair held on Saturday is attended by 500 people. Under the name of Hosavidu, the new camp or residence, it was for a time occupied by the Hoysala king Ballala III, who may have been its founder, and may have named it with reference to Halebidu, his old residence or capital of Dorasamudra, which had been destroyed by the Musalmans. As Hosapattana, it apparently formed in 1355 one of the boundary towns.
Demographics
editAs of 2001[update] India census, Hossur had a population of 6496 with 3366 males and 3130 females.[1]
Notable people
edit- Hosur Narasimhaiah, physicist and educator
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Village code= 1700400 "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ^ "Yahoomaps India :". Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008. Hossur, Kolar, Karnataka