About Alur Village

Alur is a mid sized village in Haliyal tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 589, made up of 316 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2415.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581325, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Haliyal
Pincode	581325
Area (hectares)	2415.74 hectares
Population	589
Male Population	316
Female Population	273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
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 52nd largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 834 residents. Its 2415.74 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Alur

Alur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Alur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 70 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Ambewadi, about 7.1 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	Ambewadi	7.1 km
Nearest town	Dandeli	7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Haliyal	9.6 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	70 km

Villages closest to Alur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Haliyal 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 589. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 834 residents.

Alur village has 316 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alur has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Alur is 581325. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alur covers 2415.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alur falls under Haliyal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alur is Ambewadi, about 7.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Alur.

Alur is about 70 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alur is in Haliyal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Ambewadi is about 7.1 km away. Dandeli is about 7.3 km away. Haliyal is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.