Byans Rural Municipality
Byas is a rural municipality located in Darchula District of Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal.
The total area of the rural municipality is and the total population of the rural municipality as of 2011 [Nepal census] is 10,347 individuals. The rural municipality is divided into total 6 wards.
Byas is derived from Vyasa, the one who classified the Vedas. It is said that the Great Sage Vyasa meditated at this place, giving the region its name.
History
The rural municipality was established on 10 March 2017, fulfilling the requirement of the new constitution of Nepal in 2015, all old municipalities and villages were restructured into 753 new units, thus this RM came into existence.Byans, Rapla, Sunsera, Dhaulakot and Huti Village development [committee |village development committees] were incorporated to form this new rural municipality. The headquarters of the municipality is situated at Sunsera.
Byas was a part of the Doti Kingdom during the medieval era. The area between the Seti and Kali Rivers was the territory of the Doti Kingdom. In 1790 the Gorkha kingdom fought a war against the Doti Kingdom and won the battle, subsuming the Doti Kingdom.
Until 1962, Byas was a thum of Baitadi-Dadeldhura district. Baitadi-Dadeldhura district was divided into two sub-districts. Baitadi and Dadeldhura. Byas was one of eight county of Baitadi sub-district.
It became part of Darchula District in 1962 when four counties of Baitadi sub-district separately formed a new district.
Ward Division
Byans RM is divided into 6 wards as below:| Village | Ward No. | Area | Pop. | Pop. |
| Byans | 1 | 565.32 | 556 | 237 |
| Rapla | 2 | 179.31 | 1187 | 1023 |
| Sina | 3 | 64.06 | 1349 | 1464 |
| Sunsera | 4 | 13.72 | 2755 | 2631 |
| Dhaulakot | 5 | 10.52 | 1906 | 1937 |
| Huti | 6 | 6.32 | 2594 | 2376 |
| Byas | 6 | 839.25 | 10347 | 9668 |
Ward No.3 was created taking some area from previous village development committees Sunsera and Dhaulakot
Demography
The total population of Byans rural municipality in 2021 has been decreased compared to 2011. According to the Nepal census 2021, there are 9668 people living here in 2143 households. The numbers of male comprises 4,578 while female are 50,90Ethnically Chettri is a largest group in this rural municipality following Bahun second largest and Bishwakarma third largest.
Religiously Hindu is the largest group with 99.3% and Buddhist is the second largest group with 0.5%.
73.4% people of the all population are literate which means they can read and write but only 4.7% people have passed School [Leaving Certificate |SLC].