Atgharia and Ishwardi upazilas on the north, Kushtia Sadar, Kumarkhali, Khoksa and Pangsha upazilas on the south, Santhia and Sujanagar upazilas on the east, Ishwardi upazila on the west.

Pabna thana, now an upazila, was established in 1872. The upazila consists of one municipality, 15 wards, 10 union parishads, 288 mouzas and 277 villages.

Pabna Sadar Upazila is located in Pabna District. Upazilla(s)/Thana(s) in Pabna are Atgharia Upazila, Bera Upazila, Bhangura Upazila, Chatmohar Upazila, Faridpur Upazila, Ishwardi Upazila, Pabna Sadar Upazila, Santhia Upazila, Sujanagar Upazila.

Three domed Mosque at Bharara (1176 AH), 'Jor Bangala' or 'Jor Bangla' Mandir at Raghabpur (eighteenth century), Tarash Bhaban (revenue office of Zamindar Roy Bahadur Banamali Roy), Shitlai Bhaban (homestead of Zamindar Yogendranath Moitra), Zamindar Bari (house) of Dhulai, District Judge Court Building (1884).