Definitions In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires

CONSTITUTION OF INDIA 1949

Section 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