Panchayat

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Panchayat is a local self-government body in rural India responsible for administering villages and small towns.

All labels observed (12)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf local self-government body ⓘ
rural local government ⓘ
administers local development programs ⓘ
local public services ⓘ
rural infrastructure ⓘ
aimsTo encourage participatory democracy at the grassroots ⓘ
promote decentralization ⓘ
constitutionalStatus third tier of government ⓘ
country India ⓘ
electedBy local rural electorate ⓘ
electionFrequency every five years ⓘ
fundingSource central government schemes ⓘ
local taxes and fees ⓘ
state government grants ⓘ
governs rural area ⓘ
small town ⓘ
village ⓘ
hasLevel Gram Panchayat ⓘ
Panchayat Samiti ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat

Zila Parishad ⓘ
hasReservationFor Other Backward Classes (in many states) ⓘ
Scheduled Castes ⓘ
Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
linked to: Adivasis

women ⓘ
headedAtDistrictLevelBy President of Zila Parishad ⓘ
headedAtIntermediateLevelBy Pradhan or Chairperson of Panchayat Samiti ⓘ
headedAtVillageLevelBy Sarpanch ⓘ
implementedFrom 1993 ⓘ
introducedAsConstitutionalBodyIn 1992 ⓘ
legalBasis 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ
Part IX of the Constitution of India ⓘ
manyStatesReservationForWomen 50 percent of seats ⓘ
minimumReservationForWomen one-third of seats ⓘ
operatesUnder state Panchayati Raj Acts ⓘ
participatesIn Gram Sabha meetings at village level ⓘ
relatedConcept Panchayati Raj ⓘ
responsibleFor drinking water supply ⓘ
implementation of government schemes ⓘ
local dispute resolution ⓘ
local health and hygiene measures ⓘ
local planning ⓘ
maintenance of village roads ⓘ
management of common property resources ⓘ
primary education support ⓘ
sanitation ⓘ
street lighting ⓘ
subjectTo state government oversight ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andrott → governedBy → Panchayat ⓘ
Baiga people → governedBy → Panchayat system ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat
Uparbeda → governingSystem → Panchayati raj (India) ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat
Panchayat → hasLevel → Panchayat Samiti ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat
Pawnar → governingBody → Gram panchayat ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat
Somwarpet → governingBody → Town Panchayat ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat
ਧੁਡੀਕੇ → localGovernmentUnit → ਗ੍ਰਾਮ ਪੰਚਾਇਤ ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat
State Finance Commissions for local bodies → beneficiary → Gram Panchayats ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat
73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India → tierCreated → Gram Panchayat ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat
73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India → strengthensBody → Gram Sabha ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat
Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin → stakeholder → Gram Panchayats ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat
Part IX of the Constitution of India → hasTitle → The Panchayats ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat
Panchayati Raj → hasComponent → Gram Panchayat ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat
Jal Jeevan Mission → governanceLevel → Gram Panchayat ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat
Uttar Pradesh administrative divisions → lowerLevelUnit → gram panchayat (Uttar Pradesh) ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat
Neena Gupta → notableWork → Panchayat ⓘ
Nashik Zilla Parishad → hasSubdivision → Gram Panchayat ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat
Raghubir Yadav → notableWork → Panchayat ⓘ