Gram Panchayat Ward List – 2023

Gram Panchayat: In 1992, Gram Panchayat was formed in India. It is the local government institute in all villages in India. It is a democratic Institute that serves at the lowest level possible in the village. The Gram Panchayat is headed by Gram Sabha, which acts as the general body.

In India, there are around 2,500,000 Gram Panchayats. There are two types of gram Panchayat. They are Gram-panchayat Polity type – Local government institutes, Gram-panchayat Part of – Panchayat Raj system.

Functions of Gram Panchayat

Administrative functions

• Public work and welfare functions, such as maintenance, repair, and construction of roads, drains, bridges, and wells.
• Install and maintain street lamps.
• Provide primary education.

Social and Economic functions (not obligatory)

• Construct libraries, marriage halls, etc.
• Establish and run fair-price shops and cooperative credit societies.
• Establish gardens, ponds, and orchards.

Judicial functions (Nyaya Panchayat; the state judicial service decides jurisdiction.)

• Ensure quick and inexpensive justice.
• Can impose fines up to Rs. 100.
• Not represented by lawyers.

Structure of Gram Panchayat

• Panchayat at District (or apex) Level
• Panchayat at Intermediate Level
• Panchayat at Base Level

State Wise | Gram Panchayat List

S. No.	State, Ut Name	No. of District Panchayat	No. of Blocks	No. of Intermediate Panchayat	No. of Villages	No. of Village Panchayat	No. of Traditional Bodies
1	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	2	9	N.A	560	70	201
2	Andhra Pradesh	13	668	660	17950	13371	N.A
3	Arunachal Pradesh	25	114	N.A	5480	2108	N.A
4	Assam	26	230	192	27913	2197	469
5	Bihar	38	534	534	45410	8170	N.A
6	Chandigarh	N.A	1	N.A	0	N.A	N.A
7	Chhattisgarh	27	146	146	20575	11658	N.A
8	Delhi	N.A	0	N.A	222	N.A	N.A
9	Goa	2	12	N.A	410	191	N.A
10	Gujarat	33	250	248	19033	14257	N.A
11	Haryana	22	143	142	7652	6225	N.A
12	Himachal Pradesh	12	87	81	21249	3616	N.A
13	Jammu & Kashmir	20	287	275	6854	4291	N.A
14	Jharkhand	24	264	263	32712	4352	N.A
15	Karnataka	31	230	229	30714	5975	N.A
16	Kerala	14	152	152	1664	941	N.A
17	Ladakh	2	31	31	243	193	N.A
18	Lakshadweep	1	10	N.A	27	10	N.A
19	Madhya Pradesh	51	313	313	55778	22741	N.A
20	Maharashtra	34	352	351	44345	27897	N.A
21	Manipur	6	70	N.A	3855	161	3657
22	Meghalaya	N.A	46	N.A	6977	N.A	9005
23	Mizoram	N.A	26	N.A	864	N.A	834
24	Nagaland	N.A	74	N.A	1638	N.A	1288
25	Odisha	30	314	314	52135	6798	N.A
26	Puducherry	N.A	6	10	127	108	N.A
27	Punjab	22	153	151	12924	13263	N.A
28	Rajasthan	33	352	352	46735	11341	N.A
29	Sikkim	4	32	N.A	454	185	N.A
30	Tamil Nadu	37	388	388	18482	12525	N.A
31	Telangana	32	589	540	11226	12769	N.A
32	Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu	3	3	N.A	101	38	N.A
33	Tripura	8	58	35	898	591	628
34	Uttar Pradesh	75	828	826	110085	58189	N.A
35	Uttarakhand	13	95	95	17058	7791	N.A
36	West Bengal	22	346	344	41001	3340	1
Total		662	7213	6672	663351	255362	16083