About Alur Village

Alur is a small village in Aurad tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 461, made up of 224 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 690.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585421, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Tehsil	Aurad
Pincode	585421
Area (hectares)	690.83 hectares
Population	461
Male Population	224
Female Population	237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,058
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alur compares

By the 2011 count Alur is the 133rd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents. Its 690.83 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

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 village. 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 21 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Khanapur Junction, about 20 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	Aurad	19 km
Nearest railway station	Khanapur Junction	20 km
District headquarters	Bidar	21 km

Villages closest to Alur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Aurad 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 461. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents.

Alur village has 224 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alur has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Alur is 585421. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alur covers 690.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alur falls under Aurad tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alur is Khanapur Junction, about 20 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 village for Alur.

Alur is about 21 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alur is in Aurad tehsil of Bidar district. Aurad is about 19 km away. Khanapur Junction is about 20 km away. Bidar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.