Leisel is an Ortsgemeinde, or municipality, located in the Birkenfeld district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It functions as a local administrative unit within a larger collective municipality structure.
The village belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Birkenfeld, which maintains its administrative seat in the town of Birkenfeld. As an Ortsgemeinde, Leisel is part of this organized system of local governance typical of the region.