It has an area of 10,000 square kilometres (3,900 sq mi).

It links the Deccan Plateau to the south with the Indo-Gangetic Plains and the Chota Nagpur Plateau to the north and east respectively.

The plateau is part of the Vindhya Range in central India.

[1] A series of plateaus runs along the Kaimur Range.

These fluvial plateaus, consists of a series of descending plateaus, starting with the Panna Plateau in the west, followed by Bhander Plateau and Rewa Plateau and ending with Rohtas Plateau in the east.