Birkheim is an Ortsgemeinde, which is a type of municipality belonging to a collective municipality known as a Verbandsgemeinde. It is located within the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The municipality is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Hunsrück-Mittelrhein, which has its administrative seat in Emmelshausen.