Zherdevsky District (Russian: Же́рдевский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia.
It is located in the south of the oblast.
The area of the district is 1,397.77 square kilometers (539.68 sq mi).
[2] Its administrative center is the town of Zherdevka.
[7] The population of Zherdevka accounts for 50.1% of the district's total population.