Panchayats in INDIA

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Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Dr. C. P. Joshi today informed the Lok  Sabha that               for central compilation of names and details of Panchayats, Ministry of Panchayati Raj has provided an online facility under ‘National Panchayat Directory’ (http://www.panchayat.gov.in/directory http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=68122) that allows States and districts to upload the list of Panchayats along with villages and blocks.  The number of Panchayats, State-wise, as reported by States/ UTs is given in the Annexure.

Replying to a written question the minister said the norms/ parameters for declaration/change of Panchayats are decided by State Govts/ UT administrations and vary from State to State.

Number of Panchayats

Sl.
State / Union Territory
District Panchayats
Intermediate Panchayats
Gram Panchayats
1
Andhra Pradesh
22
1097
21807
2
Arunachal Pradesh
16
161
1779
3
Assam
21
185
2202
4
Bihar
38
531
8463
5
Chhattisgarh
18
146
9734
6
Goa
2
NA
189
7
Gujarat
26
224
13738
8
Haryana
21
119
6083
9
Himachal Pradesh
12
75
3243
10
Jammu and Kashmir
22
143
4131
11
Jharkhand
24
259
4438
12
Karnataka
30
176
5628
13
Kerala
14
152
999
14
Madhya Pradesh
50
313
23012
15
Maharashtra
33
351
27920
16
Manipur
4
NA
165
17
Meghalaya*
NA
NA
NA
18
Mizoram*
NA
NA
NA
19
Nagaland*
NA
NA
NA
20
Orissa
30
314
6234
21
Punjab
20
142
12800
22
Rajasthan
33
249
9177
23
Sikkim
4
NA
163
24
Tamil Nadu
31
385
12618
25
Tripura
4
23
511
26
Uttar Pradesh
72
821
51914
27
Uttarakhand
13
95
7541
28
West Bengal
18
333
3351
29
A & N Islands
2
7
69
30
Chandigarh
1
1
12
31
D & N Haveli
1
0
11
32
Daman and Diu
1
NA
14
33
Lakshadweep
1
NA
10
34
Puducherry
0
10
98
35
Delhi
NA
NA
NA

Total
584
6312
238054








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