The city of Bareilly, along with the entire Rohilkhand region, came under the suzerainty of the British East India Company in 1801.

The Bareilly Cantonment was established by the company in 1811,[1] when a small fort was constructed to the south of the city, and a few years later, the cantonment area contained much more buildings than in the entire city.

[3] The Bareilly Cantonment is spread over an area of 17.12 square kilometres (6.61 sq mi).

The neighbourhood of Civil Lines lies to its north, Kandherpur, Chanehti and Thiriya Nizamat Khan to its south and Nakatiya and Bhartaul lie to its east while a Railway Line separates it from the neighborhood of Subhash Nagar on the west.

The Bareilly Satellite bus station is located near the eastern limits of the Cantonment.