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This study aims to identify and analyze the economic and social situation of the Şahnalar village in the middle of the XIXth century. The main source of the study is the temettuat register numbered 3283, which was kept in 1845. In this period, Şahnalar village is one of the villages of Çağa kaza of Bolu sanjak. It has approximately 125 inhabitants. The main source of livelihood of the village is farming. 34.51% of 352 acres of agricultural land is cultivated and the rest is fallow. The high amount of fallow land is due to the fact that some heads of households are soldiers, sick or fugitives. Barley, wheat and einkorn wheat, a product specific to the region, are cultivated in the village. While trying to determine the socio-economic status of Şahnalar village, comparisons were made with the villages of the same size in the vicinity. Şahnalar village stands out from other villages only in terms of the heavy tax burden. The amount of tax accrued to the village, probably due to the fact that some households could not participate in the labor force for various reasons, caused a high rate of reflection on other households. In the study, Şahnalar Village was discussed in the light of temettuat data within the economic and social structure of the Ottoman Empire. In addition, research studies on temettuat notebooks were also used.