[1] The district sits on the Malwa Plateau of the Deccan Traps with many small hill tops originally covered with deciduous forests.

The district drainage is all within the large Yamuna basin, but falls into four sub-basins drained respectively by tributaries of (1) the Parwati River (Parvati) which flows west to east and forms part of the northern boundary of the district being dammed for the Kaketo Reservoir and Harsi Reservoir[3] and flowing into the Sind just upstream of the mouth of the Mahuar; (2) the Kuno River which flows from southeast to northwest into the Chambal and forms part of the western boundary of the district; (3) the Betwa River which flows from southwest to northeast and forms part of the eastern boundary of the district; and (4) the Mahuar River itself (with its main tributary the Paroch Nadi) which arises in Pichor Tehsil, flows from south to north, enters Karera Tehsil at the village of Bardi, crosses Narwar Tehsil and enters the Sind just northeast (downstream) of Senhra Khurd.

[5] In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Shivpuri one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).

[6] According to the 2011 census Shivpuri district has a population of 1,726,050,[9] roughly equal to the nation of The Gambia[10] or the US state of Nebraska.

All marketing facilities are available here.Madhav National Park is located between Agra-Mumbai and Jhansi-Shivpuri road.

Blackbuck, Indian gazelle and chital Knil large number of cows, sambar, Chausinga, black buck, sloth bears, leopards and other inhabitants of the park.

The park has a varied terrain of forested hills and flat grasslands around the lake.

The Sailing Club situated on Sakhya Sagar at the entrance of the National park is a place of scenic beauty.

There is a memorial of dowager queen Maharani Sakhya Raje Scindia at the entrance of the campus, in a fusion of Hindu and Islamic architectural styles, with their shikhara type spires and Maratha Rajput and Mughal pavilions.