Hosaritti is a village in the southern state of
Karnataka
Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
,
India
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.
[Village code= 852600 ][ Hosaritti, Haveri, Karnataka] It is located in the
Haveri
Haveri or Hāvēri is a city and headquarters of Haveri district of Karnataka State in India. Haveri is famous for its cardamom garlands, Byadagi red chillies and Hukkeri Math. Around 25 km away, there is a place called Bada, which is the b ...
taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...
of
Haveri district
Haveri is a district in the state of Karnataka, India. As of 2011, it had a population of 1,597,668, out of which 20.78% were urban residents. The district headquarters is Haveri. Ranebennur is the biggest city in Haveri district with populatio ...
in Karnataka.
Hosaritti is a hometown of the Great freedom fighter
Gudleppa Hallikeri
Gudleppa Hallikeri (1906–1972) was an Indian freedom fighter who is a native of Hosaritti in Haveri district of Karnataka state. He started a residential school Gandhi Grameena Gurukul in Hosaritti.
Hallikeri worked with many other freedom f ...
, who has started a residential school named
Gandhi Grameena Gurukul in Hosaritti. This school is famous in
North Karnataka
North Karnataka (kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ''Transliteration: Uttara Karnataka'') is a geographical region in Deccan plateau from elevation that constitutes the region of the Karnataka state in India and the region consi ...
region for quality education as per Gandhian Philosophy. It is also famous for Shree Guddalishwara Swami Mutt. Shri Dheerendra & Shri Sushilendra Swami Mutt. The Great Freedom Fighter Mylara Mahadevappa died fighting Britishers in Hosaritti. Hosaritti is also home for many freedom fighters. Freedom fighter, Mahatma Gandhi Seva 2016 awardee Chennamma Hallikeri is from this village.
The Village is situated on the banks of
Varada
The Varada River (Verada River) is a river in central Karnataka, India. It originates in Varadamoola . It is a tributary of the Tungabhadra River.
Geography
The Varada river originates near Vardamoola in Sagara of Karnataka. It flows thr ...
River.
Tungabhadra River
The Tungabhadra River () starts and flows through the state of Karnataka, India, for most of its course, then through Andhra Pradesh where it ultimately joins the Krishna River near Murvakonda.
The Tungabhadra derives its name from two strea ...
is also just 15 km from this village.
Guddalishwara Swamiji jatra is held every year in the month of January. Kadubina kalaga held on the last day of the jatra is a unique ritual, Swamiji distributes sugarcane as prasad to the devotees on the main streets of the village by riding horse. There will be devotees from all parts of Karnataka to witness this special event and have the blessings and prasada from Swamiji.
Demographics
As of the 2001 India
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Hosaritti has a population of 5713, of which 3065 are males and 2648 are females.
Agriculture
Agriculture is one of the main sources of occupation. Jowar, Maize, Sunflower, Cotton, Chillies, Groundnuts are some of the major crops. Horticulture is also taking good shape with Guava, Mango, Chikoo, etc.
See also
*
Haveri
Haveri or Hāvēri is a city and headquarters of Haveri district of Karnataka State in India. Haveri is famous for its cardamom garlands, Byadagi red chillies and Hukkeri Math. Around 25 km away, there is a place called Bada, which is the b ...
*
Districts of Karnataka
The southern Indian state of Karnataka consists of 31 districts grouped into 4 administrative divisions, ''viz''., Belagavi, Bengaluru
, Gulbarga, and Mysore. Geographically, the state has three principal variants: the western coastal stretc ...
References
External links
* http://Haveri.nic.in/
Villages in Haveri district
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