Barpeta
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| State : | Assam | ||
| District : | Barpeta | ||
| Location : | 26 ° 19 ′ N , 91 ° 0 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 35 m | ||
| Residents : | 42,649 (2011) | ||
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Barpeta is a city in the Indian state of Assam .
The city is the capital of the Barpeta district . Barpeta has the status of a municipal board . The city is divided into 22 wards . It had 42,649 inhabitants on the cut-off date of the 2011 census, of which 21,241 were men and 21,408 were women. Hindus make up the majority of the city's population with a share of over 90%. Muslims form a minority of over 9%. The literacy rate in 2011 was 90.8%, well above the national average.
Barpeta is the gateway to Manas National Park , one of Assam's national parks and one of the few tiger reserves in India.