In 1868, the British government established a secondary school starting with 44 students under the "1864 Education Act" and a system of payments based on results was introduced to increase school attendance. American Baptist Mission started a middle school around 1878 and maintained till 1927. A boarding school for boys was opened in 1907. Madabushi Seshachari who was appointed in the ABM school later urged the rich of Allur to start a school so that he can help them by joining the school for the all-round development of school and also to promote educational values in the younger generation of the village. He also took help from Ramakrishna Mission for organising the school and started Ramakirshna Middle School in 1928. It was later extended to high school in 1934, to Junior College in 1950 and to Degree College in 1998. The first government-aided dispensary was started in 1872. There are two public hospitals run by the government, Allur Government Hospital and Ayurvedic hospital. The village has one ancient Siddeshwara temple and one ancient Gopalaswamy or Vishnu temple. There are inscriptions on a pillar in front of the temple of Siddeswara and on the flooring in front of Gopalaswamy temple. A woman called Perantalamma died in a Sati sacrifice and a temple was constructed in her memory. People of Allur celebrate a special festival honoring Poleramma, village goddess, on a Tuesday of January every year. The floors are decorated with rangavalli and village is decorated with lights and flowers. A heap of cooked rice is offered along with Neem leaves in the morning. The deity is placed in a palanquin on a tiger or a swan and taken in a procession. People of Allur celebrate birthday of Hindu God Sri Anjaneyaswamy (also called as Hanuman, a devotee to Lord Rama in the Hindu epic Ramayana) at Sri Maruthi Ashramam temple during the second month of lunar calendar called "Vaisakha Masam" which falls on April/May/June. This annual celebrations celebrated for three days at Sri Maruthi Ashramam and these celebrations are named as "Hanumanth Jayanthi" which is happening since 1976. Sri Maruthi Ashramam established in the year 1975 by Kidambi Sampath Kumaracharya, a devotee & upasakha of Lord Hanuman. During these celebrations for three days approximately 10000 devotees visit temple for having Deity darshan and approximately 7000 devotees are offered with free food by Temple authorities.