Beas | |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
Coordinates: | 31.5166°N 75.289°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Amritsar |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Hindi |
Demographics1 Title2: | Regional |
Demographics1 Info2: | Punjabi, Hindi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 143201[1] |
Registration Plate: | PB 17 |
Beas is a riverfront city in the Amritsar district of the Indian state of Punjab. It is located, just 43 km from Amritsar city, the district headquarters. 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 situated in Punjab state, with a population 55295. The male and female populations are 28921 and 26374 respectively. The size of the area is about 68.75 square kilometer.Beas railway station is the best and cleanest railway station in the india 2018.Radha Swami Beas hospital is the best Charitable Hospital in the punjab .Beas railway station is located on the boundaries of beas. And Budha Theh is a census town in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district.[2]
Beas is centered (approx.) at 31.5167°N 75.2889°W.[3] It is located on the G.T. Road (from Kolkata to Afghanistan), in the Amritsar district in Punjab state of India. The nearest city is Kapurthala (NaN24) to the southwest. The holy and historical city of the Amritsar (NaN41) lies to its northwest, and Jalandhar (38 km) is situated to its southeast.
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 satsangs (discourses) often held at the Dera for weeks at a time.
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.[4]