(India, historical) In upper India, and formerly in Bengal, the registrar of a tahsil, or other revenue subdivision, who receives the reports of the patwaris, or village registrars.
(India, historical) In upper India, and formerly in Bengal, the registrar of a tahsil, or other revenue subdivision, who receives the reports of the patwaris, or village registrars.
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(India, historical) A native clerk or accountant in the Madras presidency.
(India, obsolete) An Anglo-Indian cantonment.
(India, historical) A village head man in the Tamil country.
(India, usually in the phrase "patwar circle") A revenue block in India, a subdivision of a district, usually smaller than a tehsil and consisting of several villages.
(India) The head of a gang of labourers.