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About Attur Village

Attur is a mid sized village in Basavakalyan tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,165, made up of 605 males and 560 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 500.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Attur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Attur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bidar
Tehsil Basavakalyan
Pincode 585419
Area (hectares) 500.99 hectares
Population 1,165
Male Population 605
Female Population 560
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 926
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Attur compares

By the 2011 count Attur is the 75th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents. Its 500.99 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Attur

Attur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Attur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Attur from other places

Attur lies about 83 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Mahagaon, about 22 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 Attur
Nearest railway station Mahagaon 22 km
Nearest town Aland 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Basavakalyan 31 km
District headquarters Bidar 83 km

Villages closest to Attur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Attur village had a population of 1,165. That makes it the 75th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents.

Attur village has 605 males and 560 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Attur has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Attur is 585419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Attur covers 500.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Attur falls under Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Attur is Mahagaon, about 22 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 <5 km distance for Attur.

Attur is about 83 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Attur is in Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district. Mahagaon is about 22 km away. Aland is about 24 km away. Basavakalyan is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Batgera (5.1 km), Ladwanti (5.5 km) and Siragapur (7.0 km).

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

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