Chernyshkovsky District (Russian: Черны́шковский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Chernyshkovsky Municipal District. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,079.96 square kilometers (1,189.18 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Chernyshkovsky. Population: 16,873 (2010 census); 18,326 (2002 Census); 19,317 (1989 Soviet census). The population of the administrative center accounts for 32.0% of the district's total population.