About Alur Village

Alur is a mid sized village in Kanakapura tehsil, in the district of Ramanagara, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 528, made up of 242 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,182 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Ramanagara
Tehsil	Kanakapura
Pincode	562117
Area (hectares)	215.24 hectares
Population	528
Male Population	242
Female Population	286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,182
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 201st largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,067 residents. Its 215.24 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

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 20 km from Ramanagara. 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 town	Channapatna	6.6 km
District headquarters	Ramanagara	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kanakapura	26 km

Villages closest to Alur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kanakapura 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 528. That makes it the 201st largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,067 residents.

Alur village has 242 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alur has about 1182 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Alur is 562117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alur covers 215.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alur falls under Kanakapura tehsil of Ramanagara district in Karnataka.

The census record for Alur notes the nearest railway station 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 20 km from Ramanagara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alur is in Kanakapura tehsil of Ramanagara district. Channapatna is about 6.6 km away. Ramanagara is about 20 km away. Kanakapura is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.