About Altur Village

Altur is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,591, made up of 778 males and 813 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1124.53 hectares hectares.

Altur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Altur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Shahuwadi
Area (hectares)	1124.53 hectares
Population	1,591
Male Population	778
Female Population	813
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,045
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Altur compares

By the 2011 count Altur is the 45th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 1124.53 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1039.

Getting to Altur

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

Altur lies about 48 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Adavali, about 32 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 Altur
Tehsil headquarters	Shahuwadi	9.9 km
Nearest railway station	Adavali	32 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	48 km

Villages closest to Altur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Altur village had a population of 1,591. That makes it the 45th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Altur village has 778 males and 813 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Altur has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

Altur covers 1124.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Altur falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Altur is Adavali, about 32 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 Altur.

Altur is about 48 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Altur is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 9.9 km away. Adavali is about 32 km away. Kolhapur is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.