Byans, Darchula

{{short description|Rural area in Nepal's Darchula District}}

{{other uses|Vyasa (disambiguation)}}

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|native_name = ब्याँस

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|settlement_type = Rural area/village

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|map_caption = Map of the village development committees in Darchula District

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|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Sudurpashchim Province

|subdivision_type2 = District

|subdivision_name2 = Darchula District

|subdivision_type3 = Rural Municipality

|subdivision_name3 = Byans Rural Municipality

|subdivision_type4 = Ward No.

|subdivision_name4 = 1

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|government_type =Ward division

|leader_title =Ward chairperson

|leader_name = Ashok Singh Bohara

|leader_title1 = Party

|leader_name1 =CPN (UML)

|established_title = Established

|established_date = {{start date and age|2017|3|10}}

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|area_total_km2 = 565.32

|population_as_of = 2011

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|population_total = 556

|population_density_km2 = auto

|population_blank1_title= Ethnicities

|timezone = Nepal Time

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|website ={{URL|https://vyansmun.gov.np/content/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%A8%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8C-%E0%A5%A7-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%B8|vyansmun.gov.np}}

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Byans (Nepali: {{lang|ne|ब्याँस}}, {{Transliteration|ne|byāns}}) is a rural area of the Byans Rural Municipality in the Darchula District and Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, the population was 723;{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |title=Nepal Census 2001 |work=Nepal's Village Development Committees |publisher=Digital Himalaya |accessdate=19 November 2008 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |archivedate=12 October 2008 }} by the 2011 Nepal census, it had dropped to 556.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

In March 2017, the Government of Nepal began restructuring local administrative bodies. A total of 753 new local-level units were created. Byans had previously been home to one of the district's village development committees (VDC) but this was merged with surrounding VDCs to form the Byans Rural Municipality. The Byas VDC is now Ward No. 1 within the municipality.

{{cite news |title= New local level structure comes into effect from today |date=10 March 2017 |newspaper=The Himalayan Times |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/new-local-level-structure-comes-effect-today/ |access-date=17 July 2018}}{{cite news |title=Govt prepares to add 9 more local levels in Province 2 |newspaper=Kathmandu Post |date=11 August 2017|url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2017/08/11/govt-prepares-to-add-9-more-local-levels-in-province-2 |access-date=16 November 2019}}{{cite news |title=New local level units come into existence |newspaper=Kathmandu Post |date=11 March 2017 |url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-03-11/new-local-level-units-come-into-existence.html |access-date=18 July 2018}}