This problem got solved by first installing osgeo4w package. While running the setup, use express install option and keep gdal option checked only. Then check the gdal version using the command gdalinfo --version...once u get the version, edit these lines of code in settings.py file of your project by removing the extension .dll by replacing with ... GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH = r'C:\OSGeo4W\bin\gdal310' GEOS_LIBRARY_PATH = r'C:\OSGeo4W\bin\geos_c.dll'