Purbadhala and Netrokona Sadar upazilas on the north, Ishwarganj upazila on the south, Kendua and Netrokona Sadar upazilas on the east, Mymensingh Sadar and Phulpur upazilas on the west.

Gauripur thana, now an upazila, was established in 1981. It consists of one municipality, 9 wards, 10 union parishads, 247 mouzas and 280 villages.

Gauripur Upazila is located in Mymensingh District. Upazilla(s)/Thana(s) in Mymensingh are Bhaluka Upazila, Dhobaura Upazila, Fulbaria Upazila, Gaffargaon Upazila, Gauripur Upazila, Haluaghat Upazila, Ishwarganj Upazila, Muktagachha Upazila, Mymensingh Sadar Upazila, Nandail Upazila, Phulpur Upazila, Trishal Upazila.

Sixty feet high and sixty feet broad mud-built defense wall of the capital of Umar Kha (seventeenth century), tomb of heroin Sakina at Maoha (seventeenth century), Kellah Bokainagar mosque (built by Khwaja Usman during the rein of Emperor Alamgir; the date of erection of the mosque is inscribed as 1105 BH); single domed Isulia Jami mosque and Muhuria Jami mosque (seems to be Mughal mosques).