Toti.--The Toti or Totti is one of the village communal servants. The name has been derived from tondu, to dig, or tott, to go round, as the Toti is the purveyor of news, and has to summon people to appear before the village council. The functions of this useful person to the community have been summed up as follows by a district official. [57] "This individual has all the dirty work of the village allotted to him. He is of the lowest caste, and hence makes no scruple of doing any manner of work that he may be called upon to perform. The removal and sepulture of unclaimed dead bodies, the cleansing of choultries, rest-houses and the like, where travellers carrying infectious diseases might have halted, and other gruesome duties are entrusted to him. In spite of all this, the Toti is one of the most trusted of the humbler servants of the village community. Considering his humble status and emoluments, which average between Rs. 3 and Rs. 4 a month, his honesty with regard to pecuniary matters is wonderful. He may be trusted with untold wealth, as is often done when he is the sole custodian of the revenue collections of his village to the tune of several thousands at a time, when on their way from the collecting officers to the Government Treasury." Testimony is borne to the industry of the Toti in the proverb that if you work like a Toti, you can enjoy the comforts of a king. In the Madras Census Report, 1891, Toti is returned as a sub-division of Chakkiliyan. The Toti of Mysore is defined by Mr. L. Rice [58] as a menial among the village servants, a deputy talari, who is employed to watch the crops from the growing crop to the granary. Odiya Toti is a Tamil synonym for Oriya Haddis employed as scavengers in municipalities in the Tamil country.