About Alkur Village

Alkur is a large village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Yadgir, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,460, made up of 1,220 males and 1,240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2991.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alkur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Yadgir
Tehsil	Shahpur
Pincode	585223
Area (hectares)	2991.99 hectares
Population	2,460
Male Population	1,220
Female Population	1,240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alkur compares

By the 2011 count Alkur is the 37th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,068 residents. Its 2991.99 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, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Alkur

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

Alkur lies about 56 km from Yadgir, and the nearest railway station is Nalwar, about 42 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 Alkur
Nearest town	Jevargi	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	32 km
Nearest railway station	Nalwar	42 km
District headquarters	Yadgir	56 km

Villages closest to Alkur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alkur village had a population of 2,460. That makes it the 37th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,068 residents.

Alkur village has 1,220 males and 1,240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alkur has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Alkur is 585223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alkur covers 2991.99 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.

Alkur falls under Shahpur tehsil of Yadgir district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alkur is Nalwar, about 42 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 Alkur.

Alkur is about 56 km from Yadgir in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alkur is in Shahpur tehsil of Yadgir district. Jevargi is about 20 km away. Shahpur is about 32 km away. Nalwar is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.