Gram panchayat

Grama panchayat

ग्राम पंचायत
Polity type
  • Local government
Part ofPanchayati Raj System ( Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti)
Formation2 October 1959
Legislative branch
NameGram-sabha[1]
Executive branch
Supreme leader
TitlePresident (Pradhan/Sarpanch)
Cabinet
AppointerBlock Development Officer
Judicial branch
CourtsNyaya Panchayat

Gram Panchayat (transl. 'village council') is a basic governing institution in Indian villages. It is a political institution, acting as the cabinet of a village or group of villages. The Gram Sabha works as the general body of the Gram Panchayat. The members of the gram panchayat are elected directly by the people. The gram panchayat is headed by an elected President and Vice President, assisted by a Secretary who serves as the administrative head of the panchayat. The president of a gram panchayat is known as a "Pradhan" or "Sarpanch" in Northern India. There are about 250,000 gram panchayats present in India.[2][3]

  1. ^ "The Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act, 1992". Government of India – Ministry of Law and Justice – Legislative Department. 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. ^ Chaturvedi, Mahesh Chandra (2012). India's waters. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1439872833. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Ground Rules". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

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