Atkarsky District (Russian: Атка́рский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Saratov Oblast, Russia.

The area of the district is 2,700 square kilometers (1,000 sq mi).

[10] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Atkarsky District is one of the thirty-eight in the oblast.

[1] The town of Atkarsk serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[8] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Atkarsky Municipal District,[5] with Atkarsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction being incorporated within it as Atkarsk Urban Settlement.