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

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

The area of the district is 1,757.8 square kilometers (678.7 sq mi).

[1] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Krasnye Baki.

[7] The population of Krasnye Baki accounts for 32.4% of the district's total population.