An important administrative subdivision of Madhya Pradesh is the Gwalior Division. The districts of Ashoknagar, Datia, Guna, Gwalior, Gwalior and Shivpuri come under the jurisdiction of the Gwalior division. Gwalior is the administrative headquarters of this division.

The Gwalior division is characterized by a level agricultural plain with occasional ranges of low hills and along with the Chambal division it is a part of the Gird region of Madhya Pradesh. The northern, adjacent portion, which was once the part of the state Gwalior, and the non-contiguous southern portions of Gwalior are the part of the division.