It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Pirkanmaaregion. The municipality had a population of 2,043 (2003) and covered an area of 224.70 km2 of which 24.61 km2 was water. The population density was 10.2 inhabitants per km2. Viljakkala was consolidated with Ylöjärvi on January 1, 2007.