chaukidar

The Dahaits are now commonly employed as village watchmen and as guards or porters (_chaukidar_) of houses.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

As a consequence a custom grew up of employing a Ramosi as chaukidar or watchman for guarding the bungalow at night on a salary of seven rupees a month, and soon became general.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

It was similarly the custom to employ a _chaukidar_ or night-watchman to guard private houses when the owners could afford it, and this man was taken from

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894