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

As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Sokolsky Urban Okrug.

The area of the district is 1,981.4 square kilometers (765.0 sq mi).

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

[2] The district was a part of Ivanovo Oblast until 1994.