Tibetans live in India with a stay permit which is processed through a document called Registration Certificate (RC).

The Indian Government also issues "Yellow Books" after one years' processing with a RC, which allow Tibetans to travel abroad which is an Identity Certificate.

It has a police station, commercial banks, a telephone exchange, a post office, lodges and hotels.

PAP (Protected Area Permit) is mandatory for foreigners to stay here overnight, which can take up to three months to be issued.

Following are the distances between Bylakuppe and other cities in kilometers: Kushalanagar (05), Mysuru (82), Bengaluru (222), Mangaluru (172), Mandya (122), Chennai (582), Hassan (80), Madikeri (36), Kasaragod (145), Kozhikode (190).