Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Adhigāri

by Edgar Thurston

Adhigāri.—Defined by Mr. Wigram †^[1] as the head of the amsam or parish in Malabar, corresponding to the Manigar (village munsiff) in east coast districts and Patēl in South Canara. The title Adhigāri (one in power) is assumed by some Agamudaiyans, and Adhikāri occurs as an exogamous sept of the Badagas, and the title of village headman among some Oriya castes. In South Canara, it is a sept of Stānika.

1. † Malabar Law and Custom.