The district lies in the north western portion of the State.It
is bounded on the north by Jharkhand State, on the south by Jharsuguda,
Sambalpur and Deogarh districts, on east and north-east by Keonjhar and
Paschimi Singhbhum districts of Orissa and Jharkhand, on the west and
north-west Raigarh district of Chhatisgarh. The district lies between 21
degrees 35' N and 22 degrees 32' N latitudes and between 83 degrees 32' E and
85 degrees 22' E longitudes. Area of
the district is 9712 sq. kms. The district headquarters is located at
Sundargarh.