It is located in the northern central part of the oblast.

The area of the district is 1,444 square kilometers (558 sq mi).

[11] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tutayevsky District is one of the seventeen in the oblast.

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

[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tutayevsky Municipal District, with the town of oblast significance of Tutayev being incorporated within it as Tutayev Urban Settlement.