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  2. Nagar panchayat - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A nagar panchayat ( transl. 'town council') or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban [1] and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 and less than 40,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat.

  3. Ministry of Panchayati Raj - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is a branch of the Government of India. Ministry of Panchayati Raj looks into all matters relating to the Panchayati Raj and Panchayati Raj Institutions. It was created in May 2004. The ministry is headed by a minister of cabinet rank / Minister of State and transfers grants to rural local bodies for civic ...

  4. Local government in Maharashtra - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Pachora - Wikipedia

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    Pachora is a town and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It sits on the banks of the Hivra River. It includes 25 wards with 25 members of Nagarpalika. Pachora has a large rural infrastructure with 95 gram panchayats which is the largest in any other tehsil place in Maharashtra.

  6. Municipal council (India) - Wikipedia

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    Municipal council (India) In India, a Municipal Council (also known as Municipality, Nagar Palika, Nagar Parishad or Nagar Palika Parishad) is an Urban Local Body that administers a city of population 100,000 or more. However, there are exceptions to that, as previously Nagar Palikas constituted in urban centers with populations over 20,000, so ...

  7. Municipal governance in India - Wikipedia

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    Municipal or local governance refers to the third tier of governance in India, at the level of the municipality or urban local body. [1] Urban local bodies in India, comprising municipal corporations, municipalities, and town panchayats, are established by state governments. Municipal Corporations cater to 'larger urban areas', Municipal ...

  8. Local government in India - Wikipedia

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    e. Local government in India is governmental jurisdiction below the level of the state. Local self-government means that residents in towns, villages and rural settlements are the people who elect local councils and their heads authorising them to solve the important issues. India is a federal republic with three spheres of government: union ...

  9. Panchayati raj in India - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Muhamma Panchayat office, Kerala. Panchayati raj (council of five officials) is the system of local self-government of villages in rural India [1] as opposed to urban and suburban municipalities . It consists of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) through which the self-government of villages is realized. [2]