| GRAM PANCHAYAT- MAHARASHTRA |
Gram Panchayats are local government bodies at the village level.
The Gram Panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A Gram Panchayat can be set up in villages with a population of more than five hundred. There is a common Gram Panchayat for two or more villages if the population of these villages is less than five hundred. It is called Group-Gram Panchayat.
Members of the Gram Panchayat are elected directly by the village people on the basis of adult franchise by the Gram sabha which comprises the adult mass of the village, for a term of five years. A candidate contesting in this election must be 21 years old. The minimum number of members elected is 7 and the maximum is 17.
The Sarpanch or Chairperson is the head of the Gram Panchayat.
The elected members of the Gram Panchayat elect from among themselves a Sarpanch and a Deputy Sarpanch for a term of five years. In some places the panchayat president is directly elected by village people. The Sarpanch presides over the meetings of the Gram Panchayat and supervises it’s working. He implements the development schemes of the village. The Deputy Sarpanch, who has the power to make his own decisions, assists the Sarpanch in his work.
As per latest survey, there are 28,813 gram panchayat in Maharashtra.
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| Sr. No. |
District |
No. of membersGRAM PANCHAYAT |
| 1 |
Thane |
8083 |
| 2 |
Raigad |
6869 |
| 3 |
Ratnagiri |
11514 |
| 4 |
Sindhudurg |
7010 |
| 5 |
Nashik |
3489 |
| 6 |
Dhule |
7750 |
| 7 |
Nandurbar |
4736 |
| 8 |
Jalgaon |
4461 |
| 9 |
Ahmadnagar |
10044 |
| 10 |
Pune |
7340 |
| 11 |
Satara |
11650 |
| 12 |
Sangli |
11883 |
| 13 |
Solapur |
6511 |
| 14 |
Kolhapur |
8966 |
| 15 |
Aurangabad |
11310 |
| 16 |
Jalna |
9844 |
| 17 |
Parabhani |
5404 |
| 18 |
Hingoli |
4384 |
| 19 |
Beed |
10369 |
| 20 |
Nanded |
7935 |
| 21 |
Osmanabad |
6387 |
| 22 |
Latur |
5105 |
| 23 |
Amravati |
7011 |
| 24 |
Akola |
4418 |
| 25 |
Washim |
3784 |
| 26 |
Buldhana |
7430 |
| 27 |
Yavatmal |
6272 |
| 28 |
Nagpur |
6514 |
| 29 |
Wardha |
4648 |
| 30 |
Bhandara |
2442 |
| 31 |
Gondiya |
4519 |
| 32 |
Chandrapur |
6409 |
| 33 |
Gadchiroli |
2750 |
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TOTAL |
227241 |
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| No of Gram Panchayats : 28211 |
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