Panchayat town
A Panchayat Town or Town Panchayat is a type of town in India. It refers to any small town which is formed under the Panchayati raj administrative system.[1] It will have under 25,000 people living there. In census data, the abbreviation T.P. is used to indicate a "Town Panchayat".[2] Tamil Nadu was the first state to introduce the panchayat town as an intermediate step between rural villages and Urban Local Bodies (ULB).[3]
Management[change | change source]
Each state of India has an organisation that manages panchayat towns.
- Karnataka: Directorate of Municipal Administration[1]
- Kerala: Local Self Government Department[4]
- Tamil Nadu: Directorate of Town Panchayats[5]
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About Us: Urbanization in Karnataka, ULB Organization Chart, DMA Organization Chart". Directorate of Municipal Administration, Government of Karnataka. 2 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ↑ "Census Data 2001 / Metadata: 24. Abbreviations Used". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 17 June 2007.
- ↑ "About Us: Town Panchayats Administration: Introduction". Directorate of Town Panchayats, Government of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012.
- ↑ "Local Self Government Department". Local Self Government Department, Government of erala. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
- ↑ "Directorate of Town Panchayats". Directorate of Town Panchayats, Government of Tamil Nadu.