[1] On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Cherkasy Raion was significantly expanded.

[4] The approximate length if the raion was 76 km (47 mi) and its width is up to 25 km (16 mi), and the raion consisted of 39 settlements - 38 villages and 1 urban-type settlement - Irdyn.

There were 23 village councils (sil's'ka rada) in Cherkasy raion.

Rivers, such as the Ros, the Vilshyanka, and the Tyasmyn are flowing through the raion.

[14] The raion is crossed with highways which connect Cherkasy with other cities like Kaniv, Zolotonosha, Uman.