Hoskote

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  ?Hoskote
Karnataka • India
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Location of Hoskote
Coordinates: 13°04′N 77°48′E / 13.07, 77.8
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
• Elevation
• 875 m (2,871 ft)
District(s) Bangalore Rural
Population 36,333 (2001)
Codes
• Pincode
• Telephone
• 562114
• +91-80

Coordinates: 13°04′N 77°48′E / 13.07, 77.8 Hoskote is a town in Bangalore Rural district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Hosakote houses vehicle manufacturing unit of Volvo.

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[edit] Geography

Hoskote is located at 13.07° N 77.8° E[1]. It has an average elevation of 875 metres (2870 feet).

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census[2], Hoskote had a population of 36,333. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Hoskote has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 65%. In Hoskote, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] Educational Institutions

Many Private and Government run schools serve the town of Hoskote, including CREST (Centre for Research in Science and Technology),Indian Institute of Astrophysics.

  • Pre University Education (11 and 12)
    • Government College, Hoskote
  • D.Ed College (Diploma)
    • R.C.N.C Education trust
  • High Schools (8-10)
    • Bright School
    • Sri Vivekananda Vidya Kendra
  • Medical College
    • M V J Medical College and Research Hospital
    • Government High School, Hoskote
  • Primary Schools (KG-7)
    • Government Primary School,Kolathur
    • Government Girls midle School
    • Bright School
    • Citizen
    • Fathima
    • Sri Vivekananda Vidya Kendra
    • Government Primary School
    • Om Shree Public school

[edit] Major Industries

  • United Motors & Heavy Equipment Pvt Ltd located at KIADB Industrial Area is one of the major hi-tech engineering industry manufacturing spares of heavy earthmoving machineries.
  • Bell Ceramics Limited, Located at Chokkahalli village, Manufacturer of Ceramic tiles with Italian Technology & mechinary.


[edit] Prominent Personalities

[edit] Literature

[edit] Banks

[edit] Politics

  • Channabyre Gowda
  • Chikke Gowda
  • B N Bachche Gowda
  • Mune Gowda
  • H Venkatasubbaiah
  • Soo Ram Ramaiah
  • N.Nagaraja (M.T.B.)

[edit] Educationists

  • Channabyre Gowda
  • Y N S Murthy
  • H M K Murthy
  • C Rudraradhya
  • Sanjeev K Jha
  • Soo Ram Ramaiah
  • B.Channappa,Principal
  • G.Muniraja

[edit] Teachers

  • kamar taj
  • A R Krishnaswamy
  • M S Sreenivasaih
  • H V Nagarajaiah
  • Sanjeev K Jha
  • G B Honnagangappa
  • Dr.SriRamappa
  • S.RatnaMala
  • B.Channappa, Principal

[edit] Sports

  • Vijayababu(football
  • Adinarayana Murthy
  • R N Rangappa
  • Vijaya
  • Venu

[edit] Athletes

  • A Shamanna
  • P Mythridevi
  • Somasunder
  • Somanath
  • H K Venkatesh
  • Chinnaswamy
  • K Manjunatha

[edit] Doctors

  • Y N Jayathirtha Rao
  • Y N Srinivasa Murthy
  • Vijayakumar Aradhya
  • Ramachandra
  • Nagaraj
  • Sudha Bennakatti
  • Anand Shedbal
  • Narasimha Prasad

[edit] Best Academic Students

  • GS Mithun
  • Vishwanath N
  • MC Kiran Kumar
  • Sphoorthi K Deshpande
  • Rajeshwari G R
  • Ravindranath yadav.K.C
  • Suresh Ramegowda
  • Santosh kumar Biliangadi
  • Jayram murthy.H.A
  • M.P.Praveen
  • Chaitra M.V

[edit] References

  1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Hoskote
  2. ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.