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According to [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Hosur had a population of 116,821 with a sex-ratio of 968 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.<ref name="dashboard">{{cite web|title=Census Info 2011 Final population totals|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/censusinfodashboard/index.html|publisher=Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|year=2013|accessdate=26 January 2014}}</ref> A total of 14,307 were under the age of six, constituting 7,274 males and 7,033 females. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] accounted for 8.08% and .17% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the city was 76.69%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.<ref name="dashboard"/> The city had a total of 29255 households. There were a total of 43,959 workers, comprising 212 cultivators, 308 main agricultural labourers, 747 in house hold industries, 38,463 other workers, 4,229 marginal workers, 57 marginal cultivators, 62 marginal agricultural laborers, 189 marginal workers in household industries and 3,921 other marginal workers.
Hosur is a cosmopolitan town with mix of linguistic groups. [[Telugu language|Telugu]] is the majorlywidelymajorly spoken and official language, in[[Hindi thelanguage|Hindi]] cityis increasingly understood and used due to nationally known industrial houses, followed by widespread understanding and usage of [[Kannadathe language|Kannada]] due to proximity to Karnataka, alongcity with majoritysignificantmajority localitespopulationlocalites havingusinghaving it[[Telugu aslanguage|Telugu]] theiror [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] as mothertheir toungemothertounge.tongue<ref name=Pasupulate>{{cite news|last1=Pasupulate|first1=Karthik|title=Restoring the forgotten Telugu|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/people/Restoring-the-forgotten-Telugu/articleshow/22119509.cms|accessdate=21 January 2015|issue=Chennai|publisher=The Times of India|date=29 August 2013}}</ref><ref name=Hindu-Hosur>{{cite news|last1=Rangarajan|first1=A D|title=The Telugu man in the Tamil House|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/the-telugu-man-in-the-tamil-house/article4254808.ece|accessdate=21 January 2015|issue=Chennai|publisher=The Hindu|date=30 December 2012}}</ref><ref name=ETV>{{cite news|title=Jayalalitha Speaks In Telugu|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTFZwU_fvmE|accessdate=21 January 2015|publisher=E TV}}</ref><ref name=wikitravel>{{cite web|title=Hosur|url=http://wikitravel.org/en/Hosur|publisher=wikitravel}}</ref> [[Tamil language|Tamil]] is also well understood and spoken being the official language.[[Hindi language|Hindi]] is increasingly understood and used due to nationally known industrial houses, followed by widespread understanding and usage of [[Kannada language|Kannada]] due to proximity to Karnataka.
[[File:Hosur.JPG|200px|thumb|View of Hosur]]
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