Balakhninsky District (Russian: Балахни́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

[4] It is located in the west of the oblast.

The area of the district is 958.2 square kilometers (370.0 sq mi).

[1] Its administrative center is the town of Balakhna.

[7] The population of Balakhna accounts for 66.4% of the district's total population.