Patwary was a title used in Bangladesh and India for village accountants, sometimes used hereditarily as a family name. It may refer to people who collects water toll.
People Waliullah Patwari, acclaimed Bangladeshi academic Abdul Matin Patwari (born 1935), 4th vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Prabhudas Patwari (1909–1985), former Governor of Tamil Nadu Chandra Mohan Patowary (born 1955), Indian politician Ganpathi Naresh Patwari (born 1972), Indian chemist Jitendra 'Jitu' Patwari (born 1973), Indian cabinet minister Mohammad Javed Patwary (born 1961), former Inspector General of Bangladesh Police Nasiruddin Patwary, convener of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee and chief coordinator of the National Citizen Party, Bangladesh Shahed Ali Patwary (1899–1958), Bengali lawyer and legislator Shamim Haider Patwary (born 1981), Bangladeshi politician Shamim Hossain Patwari (born 2000), Bangladeshi national cricketer Siddiqur Rahman Patwari, Bangladeshi politician Patwary family of Char Kakra, Bhola Island Dr. Azahar Uddin Ahmed Patwary (1913–2011), physician and deputy leader of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmad Patwary (born 1944), footballer and Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad
See also Patwar, a revenue block in India