About Alur Village

Alur is a small village in Magadi tehsil, in the district of Ramanagara, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 489, made up of 258 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562127, 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	Magadi
Pincode	562127
Area (hectares)	224.5 hectares
Population	489
Male Population	258
Female Population	231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
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 135th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 634 residents. Its 224.5 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

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 44 km from Ramanagara, and the nearest railway station is Soladevanahalli, about 2.8 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	Soladevanahalli	2.8 km
Nearest town	Nelamangala	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Magadi	30 km
District headquarters	Ramanagara	44 km

Villages closest to Alur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Magadi 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 489. That makes it the 135th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 634 residents.

Alur village has 258 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alur has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Alur is 562127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alur covers 224.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alur falls under Magadi tehsil of Ramanagara district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alur is Soladevanahalli, about 2.8 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 44 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 Magadi tehsil of Ramanagara district. Soladevanahalli is about 2.8 km away. Nelamangala is about 7.9 km away. Magadi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.