Rtishchevsky District (Russian: Рти́щевский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Saratov Oblast, Russia.

The area of the district is 2,300 square kilometers (890 sq mi).

[9] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Rtishchevsky District is one of the thirty-eight in the oblast.

[1] The town of Rtishchevo serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[7] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Rtishchevsky Municipal District,[4] with Rtishchevo Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction being incorporated within it as Rtishchevo Urban Settlement.