Bakerganj and Bhola Sadar upazilas, and Tentulia river on the north, Bhola Sadar, Burhanuddin and Lalmohan upazilas on the east, Dashmina, Galachipa and Patuakhali Sadar on the south, Patuakhali Sadar and Bakerganj upazilas on the west.

Bauphal thana was established in 1874 and was turned into an upazila in 1984. It consists of 14 unions, 131 mouzas and 142 villages.

Bauphal Upazila is located in Patuakhali District. Upazilla(s)/Thana(s) in Patuakhali are Bauphal Upazila, Dashmina Upazila, Galachipa Upazila, Kalapara Upazila, Mirzaganj Upazila, Patuakhali Sadar Upazila.

Mosque of Ghaseti Begum (1757) at village Shaula, Pakdal Mian-bari Masjid, Bauphal Central Kali-bari Mandir (1875), Kachari (revenue office) of Rajendra Mahendra Babu, Kachari of Som at Daspara, Tomb of Syed Arefin at Kalisuri, Asram (monastery) of Mahendra Pagla at Bauphal, Dargah of Tamir at Kalaiya, Mithapukur (Daspara), Kanai Balai Dighi, Kamala Rani Dighi, sacred bathing place during Siva puja at Ponahura, Tomb of Sultan Fakir (Bauphal), Dol Samudra Dighi, Black hole at Sikdar-bari of Madanpura, Rajapur wall, Nurainpur Rajbari, Mosque of Munshi Amirullah.