Its headquarters are in the town of Sarkin Pawa in the north of the area near Kaduna State at10°01′00″N 7°06′00″E / 10.01667°N 7.10000°E / 10.01667; 7.10000.

The River Kaduna flows through the 2,176 square kilometers that make up Munya LGA's territory.

The two main seasons in the region are the dry and the rainy ones, with the LGA's average temperature being 30 degrees Celsius.

in the local government level, Guni is the town with the most elite people to include the Magaji's family which over the years have contributed to the development and creation of the local government and partly the state at large.

On 17 November 2021, a gang of 80 armed bandits raided a village in Munya, killing 2 people and kidnapping 66 more, including the two wives of a local politician, and the mayor's two children.