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About Alur Village

Alur is a mid sized village in Hukeri tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 939, made up of 466 males and 473 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 416.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Belgaum
Tehsil Hukeri
Pincode 591236
Area (hectares) 416.37 hectares
Population 939
Male Population 466
Female Population 473
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Alur compares

By the 2011 count Alur is the 113th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents. Its 416.37 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Alur

Alur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Alur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 36 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Parakanahatti, about 1.8 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
Nearest railway station Parakanahatti 1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Hukeri 14 km
District headquarters Belgaum 36 km

Villages closest to Alur

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

Common questions about Alur

As per the Census of India 2011, Alur village had a population of 939. That makes it the 113th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents.

Alur village has 466 males and 473 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alur has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Alur is 591236. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alur covers 416.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alur falls under Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alur is Parakanahatti, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Alur.

Alur is about 36 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alur is in Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district. Parakanahatti is about 1.8 km away. Hukeri is about 14 km away. Belgaum is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hattialur (under 2 km), Shindihatti (2.3 km) and Ankalgudiketra (2.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Alur today is likely to be higher.

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