Alur also spelled as Alooru is a town and the
taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...
headquarters of Alur Taluk in
Hassan district
Hassan is one of the districts of Karnataka, 31 districts of Karnataka, India. The district headquarter is Hassan, Karnataka, Hassan. It was part of ''Manjarabad Faujdari'' between 1832-81 (Mysore Commission, Commissioner's Rule of Mysore). In ...
in the state of
Karnataka
Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
, India. It is 14 km from
Hassan City. Alur town is offset by 2 km from
NH-75. Alur has a railway station, named "Alur Halt", located on
Mangalore
Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the st ...
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Hassan line. But no train stops at this station.
Demography
As per 2001 census, Alur has a population of 4961.
Gallery
File:Hassan in karnataka.jpg, Positioning of Hassan district in Karnataka
File:HASSAN DIST CRP.jpg, Hobli Map of Hassan district
File:ALUR POP 2001 A1.pdf, Map of Alur Taluk as per 2001 Census
File:ALUR POP 2011.pdf, Map of Alur Taluk as per 2011 Census
File:ALUR TQ.pdf, Alur Taluk - Hobli and Village Map
File:ALUR GP 2015.pdf, Alur Taluk - Grama Panchayat and Village Map
File:ALUR FLUORIDE.pdf, Alur Taluk Map about Fluoride content in DWS
See also
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Ajjenahalli, Alur
References
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Cities and towns in Hassan district