Verkhneketsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the sixteen in Tomsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Bely Yar. Population: 17,052 (2010 Census); The population of Bely Yar accounts for 46.9% of the district's total population.