Population of the district makes up 15,800 people.

The district’s capital is the township of Oktyabrsky with the population of 7,300 people.

The ethnic composition of the district is as follows: Belarusians – 93.8%, Russians – 3.85, Ukrainians 1.3%, Poles – 0.2%, Gypsies – 0.2%, Latvians – 0.1%, Moldovans – 0.1%, Germans – 0.006%, Armenians – 0.05%, Bashkirs -0.04%, and Azeris – 0.04%.