Panchayats In India

Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Dr. C.P. Joshi 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’ 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 ofPanchayats are decided by State Govts/ UT administrations and vary from State to State.

	Annexure ‘Number of Panchayats
SlNo.		State / Union Territory	DistrictPanchayats	IntermediatePanchayats	GramPanchayats
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

* Panchayati Raj system does not apply.