The district is irregular in shape but fairly compact. It forms a part of the lucknow Division and lies between Latitude 25° 49' North and 26° 36' North and Longitude 100° 41' East and 81° 34' East. On the north it is bounded by tehsil Mohanlal Ganj of district Lucknow and tehsil Haider Garh of district Barabanki, on the east by tehsil Mussafir Khana of district Sultanpur and on the southeast by pargana Ateha and the Kunda tehsil of district Pratapgarh. The southern boundary is formed by the Ganga which separates it from the district of Fatehpur. On the west lies the purwa tehsil of district Unnao. Acoording to the 1991 census the area of the district was 4,609 sq. km. The area is liable to vary every year by reason of the action of the Ganga, for a small variation in the deep stream of the river makes a very noticable change in the area of the district, which occupies the thirty fourth place in size among the districts of the State. The height from sea level is 192 Meter in north and 166.4 m in South. Situated on the national highway 24, the state capital is 302 km in East and national capital is 185 km in West. It is well connected by Railways & Roadways.

Places of Interest

Raza Library

A famous library in Asia is a rich treasure house for knowledge and arts. The library contains a collection of 51 thousands published books, 15,028 historical manuscripts and 900 short picture Arts and other historical documents, paintings and books. The most valuable is "Kuran Majeed" written on leather in 7th centuary. The Rampur Raza Library is a treasure house of Indo Islamic learning and Art, founded by Nawab Faizullah Khan in 1774 AD. His descendants continued to enrich the collection after the attainment of independence and merger of Rampur State in the union of India, the library was brought under the management of trust till the Govt. of India took over the library on 1st July 1975 under the act of parliament and declared it as an institution of National importance. Its affairs are managed by the Rampur Raza Library Board whose Chairman is H.E Governor of U.P.