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The panchayat samiti is the link between the gram panchayat (village council) and the zila parishad (district council). [3] The name varies across states: mandal parishad in Andhra Pradesh , taluka panchayat in Gujarat , and mandal panchayat or taluk panchayat in Karnataka , block panchayat in Kerala , panchayat union in Tamilnadu , janpad ...
The Zilla Parishad encompasses the entire area of Gram Panchayats within that respective district. This Zila Parishad area is divided into divisions, and each represented by a member, elected by the people of that division. The chairmen of all the Panchayat Samitis under the district are the ex officio members of Zila Parishad.
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.
This led to the establishment of a three-tier Panchayati Raj system: Gram Panchayat at the village level, Panchayat Samiti at the block level, and Zila Parishad at the district level. On 24 April 1993, the Constitutional (73rd amendment) Act of 1992 came into force in India to provide constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj institutions.
For instance, in some states, they are called block panchayats, while in others, they are referred to as panchayat samitis, panchayat unions and mandal parishads. The specific names may vary from state to state, but the purpose remains the same – to oversee the development and welfare activities at the block or tehsil level.
Panchayat samiti is a local government body at the Taluka (sub-district)( level in India. It works for the villages that together are called a Block. The Panchayat Samiti is the link between the Gram Panchayat and Zilla Parishad. There are 351 panchayat samitis or block panchayats in Maharashtra.
Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision has 4 police stations, 3 community development blocks, 3 panchayat samitis, 42 gram panchayats, 144 mouzas, 133 inhabited villages, 2 municipalities, part of 1 municipal corporation and 5 census towns. The municipal corporation partly in the subdivision is Siliguri. The municipalities are: Jalpaiguri and Mainaguri.
Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision has 1 police station, 2 community development blocks, 2 panchayat samitis, 28 gram panchayats, 259 mouzas, 253 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 8 census towns. The municipality is: Cooch Behar.