# Alkur Village, Shahpur, Yadgir (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Shahpur, Yadgir 

# Alkur

Alkur is a village in Shahpur sub-district of Yadgir district, Karnataka, PIN code **585223**. The 2011 Census counted **2,460 people in 429 households**, the 38th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.5%.

- 2,460people (2011)
- 429households
- 41.4%literacy
- 585223PIN code

## Alkur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Alkur is 585223.** Alkur falls in Shahpur sub-district, Yadgir district, Karnataka.

- PIN code585223
- Gram panchayatHayyal
- Community development blockShahpur
- Census village code621173

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Alkur from nearby towns?

- Shahpur (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Yadgir (district HQ)32 km by road
- Shahpur (nearest town)25 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Alkur?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Alkur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Gogikona
- ○Degree college10+ km · Shahpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shahpur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)22 h summer · 22 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Alkur known for?

The main crops are **paddy and pulses**. About 84% of the 2,992 hectares of village land is sown, and 567 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Alkur

Of every 100 households in Alkur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Alkur · ■ Shahpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**77%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**88%

Tap water ****74%**

**38%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****12%**

**39%

Television ****13%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****44%**

**32%

Own their home ****95%**

**93%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Alkur?

■ Alkur · ■ Shahpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.4%**

**46.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1025**

**952

Working population ****50.5%**

**49.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.0% for men and 32.0% for women. 55% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 264 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 711 (57%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 226 (18%) · **■** Marginal 29 (2%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Shahpur

- Gangnal2,570 people
- Harangera2,556 people
- Bilhar2,498 people
- Kyatnal2,468 people
- Halgera2,460 people
- Kakkesgera2,334 people
- Shettikera2,278 people
- Konkal2,267 people

[All 149 villages in Shahpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/yadgir/shahpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Alkur?585223
- How far is Alkur from Yadgir?32 km by road
- What is the population of Alkur?2,460 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alkur in?Yadgir district (Shahpur sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Alkur?41.4% (Census 2011)