- The Kyzylzhar rural district is located in the western part of the Irgiz district of the Aktobe region. In 1957, the collective farms of Kalinin, Zhanakurlys, Voroshilov, Kirov were transformed into a state farm named after Kalinin. Since 1995, the Kalinin village council has been called the Kyzylzhar rural district.
- The population of the district is 2352 people, of which 1,031 people live in the village of Kurylys, 668 people in the village of Zhanys bi, and 653 people in the village of Shenbertal.
- The rural district consists of 3 settlements. Kurylys village, Zhanys bi village, Shenbertal village.
- The center of the rural district, the village of Kurylys, is located at a distance of 55 km from the regional center, 160 km from the Shalkar railway station, 400 km from the regional center.
- In the rural district, since January 2013, a community of local self-government has been created and is functioning.
- The local community consists of 13 people.