About Alur Village

Alur is a large village in Indi tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,245, made up of 2,240 males and 2,005 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2811.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 586112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
Tehsil	Indi
Pincode	586112
Area (hectares)	2811.78 hectares
Population	4,245
Male Population	2,240
Female Population	2,005
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alur compares

By the 2011 count Alur is the 25th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,969 residents. Its 2811.78 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Alur

Alur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Alur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alur from other places

Alur lies about 4.1 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Bacheli, about 50 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Alur
Tehsil headquarters	Indi	4.1 km
District headquarters	Bijapur	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Bacheli	50 km

Villages closest to Alur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Indi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Alur

As per the Census of India 2011, Alur village had a population of 4,245. That makes it the 25th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,969 residents.

Alur village has 2,240 males and 2,005 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alur has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Alur is 586112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alur covers 2811.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alur falls under Indi tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Alur is Bacheli, about 50 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Alur.

Alur is about 4.1 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alur is in Indi tehsil of Bijapur district. Indi is about 4.1 km away. Bijapur is about 4.1 km away. Bacheli is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.