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A '''Nagar Panchayat''' ('''town panchayat'''; {{trans|'town council'}}) or '''Notified Area Council''' (NAC) in [[India]] is a settlement in transition from rural to urban<ref>{{cite web|title=The Constitution (seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992|url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend74.htm |department=India Code Legislative Department |publisher=Ministry of Law and Justice|access-date=28 September 2015}}</ref> and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a [[Nagar Palika|municipality]]. An urban centre with more than | A '''Nagar Panchayat''' ('''town panchayat'''; {{trans|'town council'}}) or '''Notified Area Council''' (NAC) in [[India]] is a settlement in transition from rural to urban<ref>{{cite web|title=The Constitution (seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992|url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend74.htm |department=India Code Legislative Department |publisher=Ministry of Law and Justice|access-date=28 September 2015}}</ref> and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a [[Nagar Palika|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 (India)|panchayati raj]] administrative system.<ref name="DMA-KA">{{Cite web|title=About Us: Urbanization in Karnataka, ULB Organization Chart, DMA Organization Chart|date=2 February 2013|publisher=Directorate of Municipal Administration, Government of Karnataka|url=http://www.municipaladmn.gov.in/abt-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211065145/http://www.municipaladmn.gov.in/abt-us|archive-date=11 February 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In census data, the abbreviation T.P. is used to indicate a "town panchayat".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census Data 2001 / Metadata: 24. Abbreviations Used|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Metadata/Metada.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617234445/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Metadata/Metada.htm|archive-date=17 June 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Tamil Nadu]] was the first state to introduce the panchayat town as an intermediate step between rural villages and [[Urban Local Bodies|urban local bodies]] (ULB).<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us: Town Panchayats Administration: Introduction|publisher=Directorate of Town Panchayats, Government of Tamil Nadu|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/dtp/introduction.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122073525/http://www.tn.gov.in/dtp/introduction.htm|archive-date=22 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The structure and the functions of the nagar panchayat are decided by the state government. | Such councils are formed under the [[Panchayati raj (India)|panchayati raj]] administrative system.<ref name="DMA-KA">{{Cite web|title=About Us: Urbanization in Karnataka, ULB Organization Chart, DMA Organization Chart|date=2 February 2013|publisher=Directorate of Municipal Administration, Government of Karnataka|url=http://www.municipaladmn.gov.in/abt-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211065145/http://www.municipaladmn.gov.in/abt-us|archive-date=11 February 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In census data, the abbreviation T.P. is used to indicate a "town panchayat".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census Data 2001 / Metadata: 24. Abbreviations Used|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Metadata/Metada.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617234445/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Metadata/Metada.htm|archive-date=17 June 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Tamil Nadu]] was the first state to introduce the panchayat town as an intermediate step between rural villages and [[Urban Local Bodies|urban local bodies]] (ULB).<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us: Town Panchayats Administration: Introduction|publisher=Directorate of Town Panchayats, Government of Tamil Nadu|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/dtp/introduction.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122073525/http://www.tn.gov.in/dtp/introduction.htm|archive-date=22 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The structure and the functions of the nagar panchayat are decided by the state government. | ||