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Ratnagiri district (Marathi pronunciation: [ɾət̪n̪aːɡiɾiː]) is a district in the state of Maharashtra, India. [1] The administrative headquarter of the district is located in the town of Ratnagiri . [ 1 ]
The table below lists all the talukas (tahsils/tehsils) of all the thirty-six districts in the Indian state of Maharashtra, along with district-subdivision and urban status information of headquarters villages/towns, as all talukas are intermediate level panchayats between the zilla parishad (district councils) at the district level and gram panchayats (village councils) at the lower level.
It is a three tier system, with the Zilla Parishad at the district level, Taluka panchayat at the Taluka or sub-district level and Grampanchayat (Village Council) at the lowest level. Maharashtra was one of the first states to implement the three tier system under the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Acts 1961 of Maharashtra State.
The Zila Panchayat or District Development Council or Zilla Parishad or District Panchayat or is the third tier of the Panchayati Raj system and functions at the district levels in all states. A Zila Parishad is an elected body representing the entire rural area of a district.
Ratnagiri Zilla Parishad: Currently Guardian Minister: Uday Samant (Cabinet Minister) Currently Guardian Secretary: Devender Singh (IAS) (Collector and District Magistrate Ratnagiri) Lok Sabha MPs: Narayan Rane (46 Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Lok Sabha) Sunil Tatkare (32 Raigad Lok Sabha) Assembly MLAs: Yogesh Kadam (263 Dapoli Assembly) Bhaskar Jadhav
Sindhudurg Zilla Parishad • Guardian Minister: Nitesh Narayan Rane ... Ratnagiri district was divided into Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg with effect from 1 May 1981 ...
Raigad Zilla Parishad Alibag ... Ratnagiri district to the south and the Arabian Sea to the west. It includes the large natural harbour of Pen-Mandwa, ...
Elections for over 27 Zilla Parishads in Maharashtra were held on 21 March 2012, . The main contenders were the ruling United Progressive Alliance consisting of Indian National Congress and Nationalist Congress Party on one side and the opposition National Democratic Alliance consisting of Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party on the other side.