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{{short description|Tehsil in Kerala, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{infobox settlement
| name = Hosdurg taluk
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| settlement_type = [[Taluks of Kerala|Taluk]]
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| image_caption = Bekal Fort in Hosdurg Taluk
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|12.3059|N|75.0947|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kasaragod district|Kasaragod]]
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| leader_title = Tehsildar
| leader_name = Premraj P
| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 442
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| population_total = 448,484
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], English<ref>{{cite web |title=The Kerala Official Language (Legislation) Act, 1969 |url=http://www.lawsofindia.org/pdf/kerala/1969/1969KERALA7.pdf |access-date=4 August 2021 |archive-date=20 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420030352/http://www.lawsofindia.org/pdf/kerala/1969/1969KERALA7.pdf |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 671xxx
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 0467
| registration_plate = KL 60
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank_info_sec1 = [[Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kasaragod]]
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Kanhangad (State Assembly constituency)|Kanhangad]], [[Thrikaripur (State Assembly constituency)|Thrikaripur]]
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[[File:Hosdurg fort vijayan rajapuram.jpg|thumb|Hosdurg fort]]
[[File:Ghss hosdurg.jpg|thumb|GHSS Hosdurg, board school, Hosdurg.]]
'''Hosdurg''' is one of four taluks that constitute the [[Kasaragod District]], [[Kerala]]. Others are [[Kasaragod taluk|Kasaragod]], [[Manjeshwaram Taluk|Manjeshwaram]] and [[Vellarikundu]] taluks.<ref>https://kerala.gov.in › docum...PDF
Taluks in Kerala (as on 22-02-2018)</ref> In the north, it borders [[Kasaragod taluk]]; in south, the [[Kannur District]]; in the east, Vellarikundu taluk; and in the west, the [[Arabian Sea]]. With an area of 900.3 km<sup>2</sup> (90030 hectares), it was the smaller of the two taluks.<ref name="Kasaragod district 2001 census">{{cite news|url=http://kasargod.nic.in/census2001/table3.htm|title=Kasaragod district 2001 census|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410023822/http://kasargod.nic.in/census2001/table3.htm|archive-date=2009-04-10}}</ref> Then Hosdurg bifurcated into Vellarikund and Hosdurg taluks in 2013 for ease of administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/322116/kasargod-get-2-more-taluks.html|title=Kasargod to get 2 more taluks}}</ref> [[Kanhangad]] and [[Nileshwaram]] are the [[Municipalities of Kerala|municipalities]] within the taluk. ''Hosdurg'' (after which the taluk is named) is a kilometer south of [[Kanhangad]] town, the latter being the taluk headquarters. Other major settlements include [[Trikarpur]], [[Cheruvathur]] and [[Udma]]. [[Bekal Fort]] tourism is situated in the taluk.

==Etymology==
The name ''Hosdurg'' is derived from the Kannada
word '''Hosa''' ("new") and [[Sanskrit]] word ''[[Durga|Durg]]'' ("fortress").

==Demographics==
As per the 2011 census, Hosdurg taluk had a total population of 625641 persons, which included 295,859 males and 329,782 females.<ref name="Kasaragod district 2001 census"/> The literacy rate is 85.82%, higher than the national average.<ref name="Kasaragod district 2001 census"/> In Hosdurg taluk, 12.42% of the total population is between the ages of 0–6 years.<ref name="Kasaragod district 2001 census"/> [[Malayalam]] is the administrative language of the region.
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = '''Religions in Hosdurg Subdistrict''' (2011)<ref name=census2011>{{cite web |title=Religion – Kerala, Districts and Sub-districts |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW32C-01%20MDDS.XLS |work=Census of India 2011 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Hinduism]]
|value1 = 63.46
|color1 = Orange
|label2 = [[Islam]]
|value2 = 25.53
|color2 = Green
|label3 = [[Christianity]]
|value3 = 10.90
|color3 = DodgerBlue
|label4 = Other
|value4 = 0.1
|color4 = Black
}}

==Taluks of Kasaragod==
{{Kasaragod Labelled Map}}

==Constituent Villages==
Hosdurg taluk has 31 revenue villages. They are ; [[Ajanur]], [[Ambalathara, Kasaragod|Ambalathara]], Balla, [[Bare (Kasaragod)|Bare]], [[Cheemeni]], [[Cheruvathur]], [[Chithari]], Hosdurg, [[Kanhangad]], [[Kayyur]], [[Keekan]], [[Kilayikode]], [[Kodakkad]], [[Madikai]], [[Maniyat]], [[Nileshwaram]], North Trikkarippur, [[Padne|Padanna]], [[Pallikkara, Bekal|Pallikkara]], [[Pallikkara-II]], [[Panayal]], [[Periya, Kasaragod|Periya]], [[Perole]], [[Pilicode]], Pudukai, [[Pullur, Kasaragod|Pullur]], South Trikkarippur, [[Thimiri (Kasaragod)|Thimiri]], Thuruthi, [[Udma|Uduma]], [[Udinoor]] and [[Valiyaparamba]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kasargod.nic.in/tehsil/ |title=Taluk Offices |date= |author= |access-date= 24 August 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Kasaragod taluk]]
*[[Vellarikundu]]

==External links==
* [http://kasargod.nic.in Official_Website_of_Kasaragod_district]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala}}
{{Kasaragod district}}

[[Category:Geography of Kasaragod district]]
[[Category:Taluks of Kerala]]

{{Kasaragod-geo-stub}}

Hosdurg taluk - Revision history

Prabhash Sharma at 05:03, 1 June 2025