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 Odisha 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.