Alur, Karnataka
Alur is a town in Hassan district of Karnataka and serves as Nagar Panchayat. It is also a Block, Taluk and Taluka Panchayat of Hassan district.
As on April 2024, the current population of Alur is 7.3 thousands out of which 3.7 thousands are males and rest 3.6 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 983 females per 1000 males. There are around 667 teenagers in Alur. It has literacy rate of 77% which means around 5.6 thousands persons can read and write. Total 2 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 126 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 1.8 thousands households in Alur, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 2.9 thousands.
Schools
Alur has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Bethesda English Med High School, Soppinahalli Road
- Inspire Academy Lower Primary English Medium School
- Govt Junior College Alur
- Karnataka Public Schools Govt Higher Primary School Rayara Koppal
- S V Public School
Alur Taluka Panchayat
Usha is the President (Block Pramukh) of Taluka Panchayat Alur, who can be contacted at email address alurgphan@gmail.com and mobile number 81051xxx39. The Block landline number is 08170-21**29. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Sathish , who can be reached at email address alurtp@gmail.com and mobile number 97432xxx67. The Block address is Alur TQ Hassan Distirict, Pincode - 573213. You can reach there by taking a bus till Alur bus stop which is less than a km away. The Block has both library facility and internet facility.There are six computers available for various works.It also has a CSC center. Alur Taluka Panchayat consists of total 15 Gram Panchayat.