About Byas Village

Byas is a mid sized village in Paonta Sahib tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,006, made up of 520 males and 486 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173020, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Byas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Byas village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Paonta Sahib
Pincode	173020
Area (hectares)	173.02 hectares
Population	1,006
Male Population	520
Female Population	486
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Byas compares

By the 2011 count Byas is the 49th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 173.02 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Byas

Byas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Byas as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Byas from other places

Byas lies about 24 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Yamunanagar Jagadhri, about 50 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Byas
Tehsil headquarters	Paonta Sahib	10 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	10 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	24 km
Nearest railway station	Yamunanagar Jagadhri	50 km

Villages closest to Byas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paonta Sahib tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Byas

As per the Census of India 2011, Byas village had a population of 1,006. That makes it the 49th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Byas village has 520 males and 486 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Byas has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Byas is 173020. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Byas covers 173.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Byas falls under Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Byas is Yamunanagar Jagadhri, about 50 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Byas.

Byas is about 24 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Byas is in Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmaur district. Paonta Sahib is about 10 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 10 km away. Sirmaur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.