Article 243 - Definitions - Constitution of India

1 [PART IX. THE PANCHAYATS Article.243. Definitions.- 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. ************************************ Notes : 1. Ins. by the Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act, 1992, s. 2 (w.e.f. 24-4-1993). Original Part IX was omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).