Article 243 Constitution of India 1950

1 [PART IX ]

THE PANCHAYATS

Definitions.

243. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a)          “district” means a district in a State;

(b)          “Gram Sabha” means a body consisting of persons registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village comprised within the area of Panchayat at the village level;

(c)          “intermediate level” means a level between the village and district levels specified by the Governor of a State by public notification to be the intermediate level for the purposes of this Part;

(d)          “Panchayat” means an institution (by whatever name called) of self-government constituted under article 243B, for the rural areas;

(e)          “Panchayat area” means the territorial area of a Panchayat;

(f)           “population” means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published;

(g)          “village” means a village specified by the Governor by public notification to be a village for the purposes of this Part and includes a group of villages so specified.