She was born and raised  in the Udaipur city of Rajasthan on April 18, 1983 in Udaipur to her parents, father Amar Liyaquat, and mother Fatima Liyaquat. Fatima Liyaquat is a scientist by profession and she holds a Ph.D degree in Environmental Science. She has one sister and her name is Anjum Liyaquat

IPS Sampat Upadhyay was born in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh and earned graduate and master's degrees in economics from the Banaras Hindu University