Tok

तोक

Uttarakhand land records glossary · People & Offices

What is Tok?

A hamlet or named cluster of fields within a hill village.

Kumaon and Garhwal villages are scattered; a tok is a named hamlet or field cluster within the village. Deeds and khatauni entries in the hills often mention the tok name to locate the land precisely.

Related terms

More in People & Offices

  • Patwari / Lekhpal - The village-level revenue official who maintains land records.
  • Kanungo - Supervisor of patwaris; checks and verifies their records.
  • Tehsildar - The revenue officer in charge of a tehsil; decides mutations and disputes.
  • 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.

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