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{{about|a town in India|the river|Beas River}}
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'''Beas''' is a riverside [[city]] in the [[Amritsar district]] of the Indian [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], 43 km from [[Amritsar]] city, the district headquarters. It has a population of 55,295: 28,921 male and 26,374 female. Beas lies on the banks of the [[Beas River]].

Beas town is mostly located in revenue boundary of [[Budha Theh]] with parts in villages Dholo Nangal and Wazir Bhullar. Beas falls in Amritsar district. The size of the area is about 68.75 square kilometer. Budha Theh is a [[census town]] in [[Baba Bakala]] tehsil of Amritsar district.<ref>{{cite web|title=Demographic information of Budha Theh census town |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=42440|access-date=23 November 2020|publisher=[[2011 Census of India|Census of India]] official website}}</ref>

==Geography==

Beas is centered (approx.) at {{coord|31|31|00|N|75|17|20|E}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maplandia.com/india/punjab/amritsar/beas/|title=Beas, Amritsar, Punjab|publisher=maplandia.com|access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref> It is located on the [[Grand Trunk Road|G.T. Road]] (from Kolkata to Afghanistan), in the [[Amritsar district]] in Punjab state of India. The nearest city is [[Kapurthala]] ({{convert|abbr=on|24|km|mi|0|disp=or}}) to the southwest. The holy and historical city of the [[Amritsar]] ({{convert|abbr=on|41|km|mi|0|disp=or}}) lies to its northwest, and [[Jalandhar]] (38 km) is situated to its southeast.

==Radha Soami Satsang Beas==

The headquarters of [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]] is located just north of Beas town. The town is known as Dera Baba Jaimal Singh and is located in the east.
Every year, millions of [[Radha Soami]] followers travel to Beas to attend [[satsang]]s ([[discourse]]s) often held at the Dera for weeks at a time.
<br>Furthermore, there is also the Maharaj Sawan Singh Charitable Hospital, which was constructed in the 1980s by the Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Relief Society. Since its inauguration, it has served countless patients free of cost. It is located in the center of beas town on the G.T. Road.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maharaj Sawan Singh Charitable Hospital, Beas|url=https://mjsmrs.in/beas/index.html|access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref>

==Transport==
;Air
The nearest airport is [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport]] located in [[Amritsar]] about 57 km away.
Dera beas has its own little airport too.
;Rail
The town of Beas is well connected through [[Beas Junction railway station]] to the major cities of Punjab and India. The station was rated as the cleanest and public friendly one in India in 2019 by NGO INTACT.<ref>{{cite web|title=Residents for sanitation at rly station|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/amritsar/news-detail-798932|access-date=16 November 2020|publisher=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune India]] newspaper online}}</ref>

;Road
[[National Highway 3 (India)|National Highway 3]] which was previously numbered as NH 1, passes through Beas town connecting it to the major cities of Punjab and India.

==See also==
* [[INS Beas]] frigate

==References==
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{{Amritsar district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Amritsar district]]

Beas City - Revision history

Dangerpanditankit at 02:22, 3 January 2026