The raion's administrative center was located in the city of Krasyliv.

)[5] Krasyliv Raion was located in the central part of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast, corresponding to the modern-day boundaries of the Volhynia and Podolia historical regions.

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

Each of the raion's urban localities administered their own councils, often containing a few other villages within its jurisdiction.

However, only a handful of rural localities were organized into councils, which also might contain a few villages within its jurisdiction.