Sokolsky District () 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. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Sokolskoye. Population: 14,139 (2010 Census); The population of Sokolskoye accounts for 44.9% of the district's total population.
The district was a part of Ivanovo Oblast until 1994.