Zaka Rural District Council is located 86 kilometers South-East of Masvingo city and is bordered by Masvingo District to the North-east, Chiredzi District to the South and Bikita District to the East.

The total area is 308 630 hectares with an altitude that ranges from 400-1563m. It comprises of communal area, old resettlement and A1 plots in the agro regions 3, 4, and 5. The population stood at 198 889 people (2022 census) of whom 54% are females. Zaka RDC is serving 46,206 households with an average household size of 4.3. The council is a spoke council in the hub and spoke programme for gender mainstreaming in local government.