Alau, Nepal

{{Short description|Place in Nepal}}

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|native_name = अलौ

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|settlement_type = Village development committee

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|subdivision_name1 = Narayani Zone

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|subdivision_name2 = Parsa District

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Alau is a village development committee in Parsa District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 8566 people living in 1213 individual households. There were 4433 males and 4133 females at the time of the census.{{Cite web| url=http://cbs.gov.np/image/data/Population/VDC-Municipality%20in%20detail/34%20Parsa_VDCLevelReport.pdf| title=Nepal Census 2011 - Parsa District| access-date=November 29, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718010851/http://cbs.gov.np/image/data/Population/VDC-Municipality%20in%20detail/34%20Parsa_VDCLevelReport.pdf| archive-date=July 18, 2016| url-status=dead}} In 2014, it was included in sub-metropolitan city, Birgunj.{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}}

Dryport is also located in Alau.{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}}