Gokwe North Rural District Council is located to the far north of the Midlands province unlike its Neighbour Gokwe South District which has an urban settlement within it.
It has a service centre Mutora, where Gokwe North RDC operates from. There are 36 wards under Gokwe North RDC evenly distributed in 4 constituencies: Gokwe-Chireya 9, Gokwe-Gumunyu, Gokwe-Kabuyuni 9 and Gokwe-Nembudziya 9. The councils serve a total of 55,232 households with an average of 4.5 per household.
The council is a spoke council in the hub and spoke programme for gender mainstreaming, being mentored by Zibagwe RDC.