Question

Describe the composition of a Village Panchayat.

Answer 1

Hint: The student should recall that a panchayat is a village council in India or southern Pakistan. A village is a settlement smaller than a town. This will enable the students to write the composition of panchayats in India.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to state the composition of a Village Panchayat. A village panchayat or a gram panchayat is comprised the following way -
In India, a Village Panchayat or a Gram Panchayat is divided into wards.
Every wards’ citizens elect a representative who is known as that ward’s Ward Member, also referred to as Panch.
All the members, or Panchs of the Gram Sabha elect a Sarpanch who is the Panchayat President.
The Sarpanch and the Ward Panchs form the Village Panchayat / Gram Panchayat. The tenure of a Gram Panchayat is five years.
The Gram Panchayat and the Gram Sabha have one common secretary. He is a person appointed by the government and not an elected person. The secretary calls the meeting of the Sabha and Panchayat. He / she also keeps a record of the proceedings of the meeting.

Note: In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall that the Village Panchayat is the main institution of running the administration of local affairs of the village. Also, the panchayat is the lowest tier of the government. It is the lowest power in the vertical distribution of powers in the government in India.