The Central District of Shaft County () is in Gilan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Shaft.
According to the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 35,319, living in 9,193 households. The 2011 census reported a population of 33,887 people in 10,386 households. The most recent census in 2016 recorded the population at 32,403 inhabitants across 10,944 households.