The area of the district is 41,574 square kilometers (16,052 sq mi).

[7] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Beloyarsky District is one of the nine in the autonomous okrug.

[1] The town of Beloyarsky serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of okrug significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[4] Lake Numto, a sacred place for the Khanty, is located in the district.

The adjacent wetlands and the lake are part of an integrated 597,189.5 hectares (1,475,687 acres) protected area which was established in 1997.