The area of the district is 1,621 square kilometers (626 sq mi).

Main river is the Obva, which flows through the district from west to east.

The climate of the district is temperate continental with long cold winters and warm but short summers.

The district was established on February 27, 1924 from Bogdanovskaya, Karagayskaya, Nikolskaya, and a part of Ust-Bubinskaya Volost of Okhansky Uyezd and from Kozmodemyanskaya, Obvinskaya, and a part of Sergiyevskaya Volost of Usolsky Uyezd of Perm Governorate.

[2] Russians at 93% and the Komi-Permyak people at 2.8% are the predominant ethnic groups in the district.