Zilayi Rural District

Zilayi Rural District is in Zilayi District of Margown County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Mushemi.

At the National Census of 2006, its population (as a part of the former Margown District of Boyer-Ahmad County) was 11,041 in 2,163 households. There were 10,595 inhabitants in 2,316 households at the following census of 2011. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 9,343 in 2,246 households. The most populous of its 83 villages was Bard-e Pahn-e Zilayi, with 1,059 people.

In October 2018, Margown District was separated from Boyer-Ahmad County in the establishment of Margown County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with the city of Margown as its capital.