# Hosad Village, Honavar, Uttara Kannada (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Honavar, Uttara Kannada 

# Hosad

Hosad is a village in Honavar sub-district of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **581334**. The 2011 Census counted **1,243 people in 297 households**, the 34th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.0%.

- 1,243people (2011)
- 297households
- 83.8%literacy
- 581334PIN code

## Hosad PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Hosad is 581334.** Hosad falls in Honavar sub-district, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code581334
- Gram panchayatMavinkurve
- Community development blockHonavar
- Census village code603784

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Hosad from nearby towns?

- Honnavar (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Karwar (district HQ)110 km by road
- Honavar (nearest town)20 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Hosad?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Hosad; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Herangadi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Honnavar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Honnavar
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Hosad known for?

The main crops are **paddy and arecanut**. About 43% of the 135 hectares of village land is sown, and 24 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Hosad

Of every 100 households in Hosad in 2011, 97 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 29 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Hosad · ■ Honavar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**50%

Tap water ****33%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****29%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**78%

Use banking services ****63%**

**84%

Television ****41%**

**43%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**19%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Hosad?

■ Hosad · ■ Honavar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.8%**

**83.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1038**

**997

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1279**

**964

Working population ****32.7%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 76.8% for women. 58% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 380 (93%) · **■** Marginal 13 (3%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Honavar

- Kelgin-Idgunji1,509 people
- Saralagi1,466 people
- Gundabala1,399 people
- Molkod1,296 people
- Kulakod1,224 people
- Janna Kadkal1,210 people
- Talgod1,194 people
- Kodani1,135 people

[All 93 villages in Honavar](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/uttara-kannada/honavar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Hosad?581334
- How far is Hosad from Karwar?110 km by road
- What is the population of Hosad?1,243 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hosad in?Uttara Kannada district (Honavar sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Hosad?83.8% (Census 2011)