It is surrounded by Jammu to the northwest, the Doda and Udhampur districts to the north, the state of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Punjab to the south, and Pakistan's working boundary to the west.
Surrounded on the northwest by Jammu, it is bordered by the Doda and Udhampur districts to the north, the state of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Punjab to the south, and has a boundary with Pakistan to the west.