title: Beas City
text: # Beas City
  
  Beas is a riverfront town in the Amritsar district of the Indian state of Punjab. 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.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Beas is centered (approx.) at 31°31′00″N 75°17′20″E﻿ / ﻿31.51667°N 75.28889°E﻿ / 31.51667; 75.28889. 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 (24 km or 15 mi) to the southwest. The holy and historical city of the Amritsar (41 km or 25 mi) 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 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.
  
  ## 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.
  
  ### Road
  
  National Highway 3 which was previously numbered as NH 1, passes through Beas town connecting it to the major cities of Punjab and India.
  
  