About Alur Village

Alur is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 437, made up of 216 males and 221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 561.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577422, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577422
Area (hectares)	561.42 hectares
Population	437
Male Population	216
Female Population	221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alur compares

By the 2011 count Alur is the 112th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 561.42 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

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 10+ 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 Alur from other places

Alur lies about 31 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 15 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	Arasalu	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	20 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	31 km
Nearest town	Shivamogga	31 km

Villages closest to Alur

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Alur

As per the Census of India 2011, Alur village had a population of 437. That makes it the 112th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Alur village has 216 males and 221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alur has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Alur is 577422. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alur covers 561.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alur falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alur is Arasalu, about 15 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 10+ km distance for Alur.

Alur is about 31 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alur is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Arasalu is about 15 km away. Tirthahalli is about 20 km away. Shimoga is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.