During the period of Sultan Mahmud II, recor ds called tahrir were kept in order to determinethe economic and human resources of the country.In these population records, information about thename, nickname, profession, father’s name, fat her’s occupation, age, disability, military status,and migration movements of the all-male po pulation residing in the settlement centers wererecorded. In this context, the population recordof Chungush district, dated 1842 and numbered2662, was examined. Based on the populationrecords of Chungush district, the administrativestatus of Chungush, the distribution of the malepopulation in the district center and the villagesconnected to the district, the religious-ethnic stru cture of the district, its distribution to age groups,the occupational and social status of the people,the disease and disability, and the way of culti vation of the lands in the Chungush district werediscussed. At the time when the Population Re gister was drafted, most of the Chungush distri ct was composed of the Armenians. Armenians,who have many professions, were in a decisiveposition in the economic life of Chungush district.Chungush is not a self-sufficient settlement dueto its geographical location and economic diffi culties. For this reason, a significant portion ofthe population tried to make a living by going tocities such as Istanbul, Adana and Bursa. The di sease that the people suffer the most in the districtwas eye diseases.