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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hosadurga
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = Kannada
| settlement_type = [[Town]]
| image_skyline = Hosadurga-AerialView.JPG
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Aerial view of Hosadurga in 2008
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| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Located in Karnataka, India
| coordinates = {{coord|13.7975|N|76.2849|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Seal of Karnataka.svg|Emblem of Karnataka}} [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Chitradurga district|Chitradurga]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
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| government_type =
| governing_body = Town Municipal Council
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| area_total_km2 = 16.34
| area_rural_km2 = 1332.38
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 739
| population_total = 28370
| population_rural = 206746
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="source1">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/603/download/2060/DH_2011_2912_PART_B_DCHB_CHITRADURGA.pdf|access-date= 24 August 2023|title=Census Data Handbook 2011 Chitradurga District}}</ref>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 577527 <ref>[https://archive.today/20130203130148/http://yellowpages.sulekha.com/ramanagar_hosadurga_area_pin-code.htm Hosadurga Pin Code, Postal Code, Zip Code, Map | Ramanagar Pin Code]</ref>
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91-8199 <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stdcodesindia.com/search-stdcodes/karnataka/hosadurga/H/ |title=STD Codes India, Hosadurga |access-date=14 September 2011 |archive-date=2 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402114306/http://www.stdcodesindia.com/search-stdcodes/karnataka/hosadurga/H/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| registration_plate = KA-16
| website = {{URL|http://hosadurgatown.mrc.gov.in}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Hosadurga''' is a town and a [[taluk]] in [[Chitradurga district]] in the Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Karnataka]]. The name "Hosadurga" translates to "New Fort" in Kannada as it was built around the hill fort. Hosadurga is known as land of Coconuts (ಕಲ್ಪವೃಕ್ಷದ ನಾಡು) and recently promoted as land of millets (ಸಿರಿಧಾನ್ಯದ ನಾಡು).

==History==
Not much about Hosadurga is documented in the history. The name 'Hosadurga' should not be confused with similar named places such as important fort city of [[Kampili kingdom]]
, 'Hosamale-durga' or 'Hosa-vidu' which as later named as [[Anegundi]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nilakanta Sastri |first=K.A. |url=https://archive.org/details/K.A.NilakantaSastriBooks/K.%20A.%20Nilakanta%20Sastri/Further%20Source%20Of%20Vijayanagara%20History%20Vol%20I%201946%20/page/n1/mode/2up |title=Furthers Sources of vijayanaga History |publisher=University of Madras |year=1946 |pages=18}}</ref>
[[File:Hosadurga Administrative Map.svg|alt=Hosadurga Taluk Map|thumb|Hosadurga Taluk Map|359x359px]]
Hosadurga, as part of Chitradurga was ruled under [[Vijayanagara Empire]] and subsequently ruled by the [[Nayakas of Chitradurga]] in the late medieval period. The hill fort of Hosadurga on the surrounding hill (ಭೈರಪ್ಪನ ಬೆಟ್ಟ) was built by Chikkanna Nayaka in 1676. According to B.N. Sri Sathyan, a ''Jangama'' priest took refuge under the chitradurga Palegars and was commissioned to build a ''pete'' below the hill.<ref name="MysoreGazetter" /> Eventually this settlement, Hosadurga was taken over by [[Hyder Ali]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.501532/page/n139 |title=Annual Report Of The Mysore Archaeological Department, For The Year 1930 |publication-date=1934 |pages=86}}</ref> During the British rule, the Chitradurga province was included in the [[Kingdom of Mysore]].

In the year 1882, Hosadurga sub-taluk was created, comprising Hosadurga and Bagur hoblis. In July 1902, it was upgraded to a ''pucca'' (proper) taluk.<ref name ="MysoreGazetter">{{cite book |title=Mysore State Gazetter: Chitradurga District |date=1967 |publisher=The directoreate of printing, Govt press, Bangalore |pages=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Karnataka state archives|url=http://archive.org/details/karnataka-state-archives-RGVlcGFrMTQ5NTc2-RGVlcGFrMQ|date=1882|language=English|last=Karnataka State Archives|pages=123 out of 282}}</ref>

During the Forest Satyagraha of 1939, the Hosadurga region experienced widespread support for the movement against British rule.

==Geography==
Hosadurga is located in south-western part of Chitradurga district,<ref>[https://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/19/Hosdurga.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Hosadurga]</ref> at an average elevation of {{convert|739|m|ft}} above the mean sea level. The highest point of the taluk is near Halurameshwara village {{Convert|1118|m|ft}}.<ref name="MysoreGazetter" />

Hosadurga taluk is traversed a hill range that is part of a geological structure known as the Chitradurga Supracrustal Belt. This belt is a section of the Dharwar Supergroup, which formed between 2,600 and 2,300 million years ago due to the deposition of sedimentary rocks, volcanic activities, and erosion.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chadwick |first=Brian |title=The stratigraphy and structure of the chitradurga region: an illustration of cover-basement interaction in the late Archaean evolution of the Karnataka craton, Southern India |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/0301-9268(81)90004-8 |journal=Precambrian Research |volume=16 |issue=1-2 |doi=10.1016/0301-9268(81)90004-8 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> A gap in this hill range forms a valley where the [[Vani Vilasa Sagara]] Dam is constructed across. A part of the hill range forms town hill (ಭೈರಪ್ಪನ ಬೆಟ್ಟ).

[[Vedavathi River]] flows 7 km south of the town and is the only major river of in the taluk. The Tumkur and Chitraduraga branches of [[Bhadra Dam|Upper Badra project]] traverse the taluk. The taluk has the oldest dam in the state, [[Vani Vilasa Sagara]] (also known as Mari Kanive) which is constructed across the river in the eastern border of the taluk.

== Climate ==
Hosadurga lies in the [[Steppe#Subtropical steppe|Subtropical steppe]] climate with Köppen climate classification type [[Semi-arid climate#Hot semi-arid climates|BSh]] (semi-arid or semi desert). Low rainfalls and high temperatures make this area prone for droughts.

The mean high temperatures reaches up to 37 °C in April and the mean minimum temperatures goes up to 14 °C in January.<ref name=":0" /> Most of the rainfall occurs during the [[Monsoon]] season with highest rainfall in the month of July of 152 mm.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Simulated historical climate & weather data for Hosadurga |url=https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/hosadurga_india_1269943 |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=meteoblue |language=en}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the 2011 [[census]] of India,<ref name="source1"/> Hosadurga has a population of 28,370. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Hosadurga has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with a male literacy rate of 76% and a female literacy rate of 70%. In Hosadurga, 12% of the population is under seven years of age.

== Economy ==
Agriculture is the primary occupation in Hosadurga Taluk. The town hosts an Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) market, covering a large area to support farmers in trading and auctioning their produce.

Hosadurga and surrounding areas had mines for Asestos, iron ores, limestones. Mathodu had factories of bangle making making use of the nearby limestones <ref>{{Cite book |last=Hamilton |first=Francis |url=http://archive.org/details/journeyfrommadra03hami |title=A journey from Madras through the countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar, performed under the orders of the most noble the Marquis Wellesley, governor general of India, for the express purpose of investigating the state of agriculture, arts, and commerce; the religion, manners, and customs; the history natural and civil, and antiquities, in the dominions of the rajah of Mysore, and the countries acquired by the Honourable East India company |last2=East India Company cn |date=1807 |publisher=London, T. Cadell and W. Davies |others=University of Pittsburgh Library System |pages=369}}</ref>

Hosadurga had a strong cement industry in the 1990s, but many factories have closed over time due to shortages of limestone. Currently only one remains, the Ramco Cement Factory in Mathodu Village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ramcocement.in/mathodu.aspx|title=Strategically Located to Feed Growing Markets|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204225339/http://www.ramcocement.in/mathodu.aspx|archive-date=4 February 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=22 September 2012}}</ref>

== Transportation ==
Major highways passing through Hosadurga are; [[National Highway 173 (India)]], [[State Highway 24 (Karnataka)]] and [[State Highway 47 (Karnataka)]].

Hosadurga is connected by Road and Rail network. Public transport is maintained by both private players and [[Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation|KSRTC]], who has a Bus Stand and a [[List of bus depots in Karnataka|bus depot]] here, under Chitradurga division. ''Hosadurga Road'' railway station ('''Station Code:HSD''') is the nearest railway station, which is 20 km away. It lies on [[Bangalore-Arsikere-Hubli line]].
The nearest airport is [[Shivamogga Airport]], which is 97 km away.

== Administration ==
Hosadurga town is governed by a Town Municipal Council (TMC). Hosadurga taluk is represented as Constituency No. 101 in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Hosadurga as part of Chitradurga, represents Lok Sabha Constituency.

== Notable people ==

# [[Madakari Nayaka|Madakari Nayaka V]]: Born in Janakal (Hosadurga Taluk). He is well recognized and the last Nayaka of Chitradurga.
# [[T. K. Rama Rao]]: Born in Hosadurga, he was a Kannada novelist, known for introducing detective and thriller genres to Kannada literature. His famous work as ''[[Bangaarada Manushya|Bangaaradha Manushya]]'' became a blockbuster film.

==See also==
*[[Huliyar]]
*[[Hagalavadi]]
*[[Bukkapatna]]
*[[Gubbi]]
*[[Birur]]

==References==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Chitradurga district]]

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Ahmjit at 15:31, 13 March 2026