)[4] Derazhnia Raion was located in the central-eastern part of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast, corresponding to the modern-day boundaries of the Podolia historical region.

[5] Its total area constituted 910 square kilometres (350 sq mi).

To its south and east, the raion bordered upon the neighboring Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr Oblasts, respectively.

[7] Derazhnia Raion was divided in a way that follows the general administrative scheme in Ukraine.

Consequently, raions were subdivided into councils, which were the prime level of administrative division in the country.