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who is patwari

Patwari is a term used in India for a land record clerk in a tehsil or sub-Division.
The lowest state functionary in the Revenue Collection system.
Their job encompasses visiting agricultural lands and maintaining record of ownership and tilling (girdawari).
Due to their primary base in rural areas, where literacy and wealth is low, they yield a larger-than-life influence in the local community and are notorious for demanding bribe and changing land records at will. With recent computerization of land records, their ability to manipulate records has reduced.
Patwari reports to tehsildar or a chief clerk of Tehsil's land records.


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