About Alur Village

Alur is a mid sized village in Channagiri tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,358, made up of 707 males and 651 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 442.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577544, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Channagiri
Pincode	577544
Area (hectares)	442.55 hectares
Population	1,358
Male Population	707
Female Population	651
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alur compares

By the 2011 count Alur is the 71st largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 442.55 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 983.

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 5 - 10 km distance. 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 30 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Kodaganuru, about 19 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	Channagiri	19 km
Nearest railway station	Kodaganuru	19 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	30 km

Villages closest to Alur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Channagiri 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 1,358. That makes it the 71st largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Alur village has 707 males and 651 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alur has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Alur is 577544. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alur covers 442.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alur falls under Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alur is Kodaganuru, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Alur.

Alur is about 30 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alur is in Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district. Channagiri is about 19 km away. Kodaganuru is about 19 km away. Davanagere is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.