Joypurhat District (Rajshahi division) with an area of 965.44 sq km, is bounded by dinajpur district on the north, naogaon districts on the south, bogra and gaibandha districts on the east, Bogra and Naogaon districts and Indian province of west bengal on the west. Main rivers are little jamuna, Tulsi Ganga and Haramati. Annual average temperature: maximum 34.6°C, minimum 11.9°C; annual rainfall is 1610 mm.

Joypurhat (Town) consists of 9 wards and 48 mahallas. The area of the town is 18.53 km. The town has a population of 56323; male 51.60%, female 48.40%. Literacy rate among the town people is 51.4%. It has a circuit house and a dakbungalow.


Administration Joypurhat was the only subdivision of the erstwhile Bogra district, and since 1984 it has been turned into a district. The district consists of 3 municipalities, 27 wards, 5 upazilas, 32 union parishads, 719 mouzas, 74 mahallas and 898 villages. The upazilas are joypurhat sadar, akkelpur, kalai, khetlal and panchbibi.