Sarkad is a district in north-eastern part of Békés County. Sarkad is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region

The Romanians in Hungary constituted a small minority. According to the most recent Hungarian census of 2011, the population of Romanians was 35,641 or 0.3%, a significant increase from 8,482 or 0.1%