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Each [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] has its own management directorate for panchayat towns.
Each [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] has its own management directorate for panchayat towns.
* [[Karnataka]]: <ref name="DMA-KA" />
* [[Karnataka]]:<ref name="DMA-KA" />
* [[Kerala]]: Local Self Government Department<ref>{{Cite web|title=Local Self Government Department|publisher=Local Self Government Department, Government of Kerala|url=http://www.lsgkerala.gov.in/en/LSGDDept_en.php}}</ref>
* [[Kerala]]: Local Self Government Department<ref>{{Cite web|title=Local Self Government Department|publisher=Local Self Government Department, Government of Kerala|url=http://www.lsgkerala.gov.in/en/LSGDDept_en.php}}</ref>
* [[Tamil Nadu]]: Directorate of Town Panchayats<ref>{{Cite web|title=Directorate of Town Panchayats|publisher=Directorate of Town Panchayats, Government of Tamil Nadu|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/dtp/}}</ref>
* [[Tamil Nadu]]: Directorate of Town Panchayats<ref>{{Cite web|title=Directorate of Town Panchayats|publisher=Directorate of Town Panchayats, Government of Tamil Nadu|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/dtp/}}</ref>

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A Nagar Panchayat (town panchayat; transl. 'town council') or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban[1] and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 and less than 40,000 inhabitants is classified as a Nagar Panchayat.

Such councils are formed under the panchayati raj administrative system.[2] In census data, the abbreviation T.P. is used to indicate a "town panchayat".[3] Tamil Nadu was the first state to introduce the panchayat town as an intermediate step between rural villages and urban local bodies (ULB).[4] The structure and the functions of the nagar panchayat are decided by the state government.

Management[edit | edit source]

Each Nagar Panchayat has a committee consisting of a chairman with ward members. Membership consists of a minimum of ten elected ward members and three nominated members. The NAC members of the Nagar are elected from the several wards of the Nagar Panchayat on the basis of adult franchise for a term of five years. One third of the seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, backward classes and women. The Councillors or Ward Members are chosen by direct election from electoral wards in the Nagar Panchayat. The structure and the functions of the nagar panchayat are decided by the state government.

Each Indian state has its own management directorate for panchayat towns.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "The Constitution (seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992". India Code Legislative Department. Ministry of Law and Justice. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "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.
  3. "Census Data 2001 / Metadata: 24. Abbreviations Used". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 17 June 2007.
  4. "About Us: Town Panchayats Administration: Introduction". Directorate of Town Panchayats, Government of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012.
  5. "Local Self Government Department". Local Self Government Department, Government of Kerala.
  6. "Directorate of Town Panchayats". Directorate of Town Panchayats, Government of Tamil Nadu.