The Barpeta Road city is divided into 10 wards for which elections are held every 5 years.

As per the Population Census 2011, there are a total of 7,484 families residing in the Barpeta Road city.

Manas River flows through the park with a unique blending of dense jungles and grass-land, harbours the largest number of protected species of India including tiger, leopard, civet, elephants, buffalo, pygmy hog, golden langur, Assam roof turtle, and the Bengal florican.

This park is included as a site of international importance under UNESCO's World Heritage Convention in 1988 as well as the Biosphere Reserve in 1989.

The park has the unique feature of having the most number of endangered species found in India.

The forest lodges are situated inside the park at Mathanguri which lies at a distance of 40 km from Barpeta Road.

Visitors are to obtain necessary permission for entry into the park at the office of Field Director Manas Tiger Reserve, Barpeta Road.

The town is at a distance of 135 kilometres by road from Guwahati, the largest city in the region.