§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.