Puthia and Paba upazilas on the north, Bagha upazila on the south, Bagatipara and Bagha upazilas on the east, Paba upazila, West Bengal (India) and the ganges on the west.

Charghat thana was turned into an upazila in 1983. It consists of one municipality, five union parishads, 88 mouzas and 126 villages.

Charghat Upazila is located in Rajshahi District. Upazilla(s)/Thana(s) in Rajshahi are Bagha Upazila, Bagmara Upazila, Boalia Thana, Charghat Upazila, Durgapur Upazila, Godagari Upazila, Matihar Thana, Mohanpur Upazila, Paba Upazila, Puthia Upazila, Rajpara Thana, Shah Mokdum Thana, Tanore Upazila.