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About Alalur Village

Alalur is a mid sized village in Piriyapatna tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 522, made up of 246 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,122 females per 1000 males. The village covers 548.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alalur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alalur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Piriyapatna
Pincode 571105
Area (hectares) 548.66 hectares
Population 522
Male Population 246
Female Population 276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,122
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Alalur compares

By the 2011 count Alalur is the 147th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents. Its 548.66 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Alalur

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

Alalur lies about 58 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 37 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 Alalur
Tehsil headquarters Piriyapatna 8.1 km
Nearest town Hunsūr 21 km
Nearest railway station Krishnaraja Nagar 37 km
District headquarters Mysore 58 km

Villages closest to Alalur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alalur village had a population of 522. That makes it the 147th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents.

Alalur village has 246 males and 276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alalur has about 1122 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Alalur is 571105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alalur covers 548.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alalur falls under Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alalur is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 37 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 Alalur.

Alalur is about 58 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alalur is in Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district. Piriyapatna is about 8.1 km away. Hunsūr is about 21 km away. Krishnaraja Nagar is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Muddanahalli (under 2 km), Malangi (2.6 km) and Uthenahalli (2.6 km).

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

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