It was located in the Mahakoshal region of present-day Madhya Pradesh state of India.

Immediately after occupation of the area around Jubbulpore the British authorities established a provisional administration under the superintendent of Political Affairs of Bundelkhand.

In 1820 a division containing 12 districts was formed which was known as the Agency of the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories.

[4] Jubbulpore Division was established in 1861 when the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories were merged with Nagpur Province, which the British had annexed in 1853, in order to form the Central Provinces.

After the Independence of India it became the Jabalpur division of the state of Madhya Pradesh.