Upari refers to a category of tenancy tenure held under the Maratha Regime.

• The Government used to assign land to various cultivators for cultivation and getting maximum revenue. The land allotted to original settlers of villages came to be known as Mirasi land whereas the land assigned to the migrant settlers was known as the Upari land.

• In case, these migrant settlers failed to pay the requisite revenue, the land was reverted by the Government. The land was also given as jagir to the efficient people in war administration and other areas of life for their outstanding contribution, such people were called Jagirdars.

Mistake Point-

In Gupta Period, the Provinces were called Bhukti, and the Provincial head were called UPARIKA.
Bhuktis were further divided into Vishayas, headed by Vishayapati