The area of the district is 1,135 square kilometers (438 sq mi).

[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Konyshyovka.

[7] Konyshyovsky District is located in the northwest region of Kursk Oblast.

The terrain is hilly plain in the north and south, with more desiccating ravines in the east.

The district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland.