Meaning of PARAKUDIVAARAM

PARAKUDIVAARAM

Language - Tamil

Tamil Word - பரகுடிவாரம்

The share of the crop assigned to the cultivating tenant, with the remaining portion belonging to the mirasdar (landlord) as rent. Example: The 'parakudi' farmers received a 'parakudivaaram' of the harvest, while the rest went to the landlord as payment for the use of the land. This term reflects the traditional sharecropping system prevalent in Tamil Nadu's agricultural landscape. It highlights the economic relationship between landowners and tenant farmers, where the latter paid a portion of their produce as rent.