Kanungo
क़ानूनगोUttarakhand land records glossary · People & Offices
What is Kanungo?
Supervisor of patwaris; checks and verifies their records.
A kanungo (registrar kanungo / supervisor kanungo) oversees a circle of patwaris, verifies their entries and countersigns records. If a patwari's entry is disputed, the kanungo's verification is the next step up.
Related terms
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- Tehsil - The revenue subdivision of a district; your land 'belongs' to one tehsil.
- Pargana - A historical revenue unit between tehsil and village, still printed on records.
- SRO (Sub-Registrar Office) - The office where deeds are registered and copied into the record.
- Mauza - The revenue village - the unit for which records and maps are kept.
- Tok - A hamlet or named cluster of fields within a hill village.
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