About Alur Village

Alur is a mid sized village in Maddur tehsil, in the district of Mandya, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,648, made up of 824 males and 824 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 391.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571433, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mandya
Tehsil	Maddur
Pincode	571433
Area (hectares)	391.36 hectares
Population	1,648
Male Population	824
Female Population	824
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Alur compares

By the 2011 count Alur is the 57th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,725 residents. Its 391.36 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 998.

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 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 29 km from Mandya, and the nearest railway station is Nidaghatta, about 8.1 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 Alur
Nearest railway station	Nidaghatta	8.1 km
Nearest town	Channapatna	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maddur	12 km
District headquarters	Mandya	29 km

Villages closest to Alur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maddur 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 1,648. That makes it the 57th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,725 residents.

Alur village has 824 males and 824 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 998.

The pincode recorded for Alur is 571433. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alur covers 391.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alur falls under Maddur tehsil of Mandya district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alur is Nidaghatta, about 8.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Alur.

Alur is about 29 km from Mandya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alur is in Maddur tehsil of Mandya district. Nidaghatta is about 8.1 km away. Channapatna is about 8.4 km away. Maddur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.