About Alura Village

Alura is a mid sized village in Chitapur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 591, made up of 297 males and 294 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 319.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Chitapur
Pincode	585211
Area (hectares)	319.61 hectares
Population	591
Male Population	297
Female Population	294
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alura compares

By the 2011 count Alura is the 112th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents. Its 319.61 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Alura

Alura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Alura 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 Alura from other places

Alura lies about 40 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Sulehalli, about 5.1 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 Alura
Nearest railway station	Sulehalli	5.1 km
Nearest town	Wādi	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chitapur	10 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	40 km

Villages closest to Alura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alura village had a population of 591. That makes it the 112th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents.

Alura village has 297 males and 294 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alura has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Alura is 585211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alura covers 319.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alura falls under Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alura is Sulehalli, about 5.1 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 Alura.

Alura is about 40 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alura is in Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Sulehalli is about 5.1 km away. Wādi is about 6.6 km away. Chitapur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.