About Alur Village

Alur is a mid sized village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,234, made up of 646 males and 588 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 520.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571235, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Somvarpet
Pincode	571235
Area (hectares)	520.58 hectares
Population	1,234
Male Population	646
Female Population	588
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
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 44th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 520.58 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 1053.

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 35 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Kadagaravalli, about 32 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	Somvarpet	10 km
Nearest railway station	Kadagaravalli	32 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	32 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	35 km

Villages closest to Alur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Somvarpet 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 1,234. That makes it the 44th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Alur village has 646 males and 588 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alur has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Alur is 571235. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alur covers 520.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alur falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alur is Kadagaravalli, about 32 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 35 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alur is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Somvarpet is about 10 km away. Kadagaravalli is about 32 km away. Madikeri is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.