Alur, Maharashtra

Alur is a panchayat village in the state of Maharashtra, India. Administratively, Alur is under Umarga Tahsil of Osmanabad District in Maharashtra. There is only the single village of Alur in the Alur gram panchayat. The village of Alur is 31 km by road southeast of the town of Naldurg and 52 km by road southwest of the town of Umarga, but only 13 km by road northeast of Wagdari, in Solapur District.Alur is situated 17 km from NH-9 on the Akkalkot–Omerga road. It was formerly a border village of Hyderabad. Under the Nizam, it had a naka to collect taxes.DemographicsIn the 2001 census, the village of Alur had 6,948 inhabitants, with 3,591 males and 3,357 females, for a gender ratio of 935 females per thousand males.In the 2011 census, the village of Alur had 7,931 inhabitants.Due to formerly being a village in Hyderabad State and to the nearness of the Karnataka border most of the population is can speak Kannada and Where as Marathi language is used as official work.Temples and cultureThis village has ancient temples of Lord Siva mainly Shanteshwar Temple, Sangameshwar Temple, Someshwar Temple, and Narasimha Temple.