STRUCTURE OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE IN VERY SMALL CITIES WHICH ARE IN A TRANSITION FROM RURAL TO URBAN – NAGAR PANCHAYAT
December 25, 2020
Nagar Panchayats are for an urban area/centre having a population of more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants.
However, there are some exceptions. All the previous town area committees (urban centres with a total population of more than 5,000 and less than 20,000) are reclassified as Nagar panchayat.
Nagar panchayats have a chairman with ward members. Membership consists of a minimum of ten elected ward members and three nominated members. And it consist of a Block Development Officer ( commonly known as Executive Officer) ,who is the chief of all administration.
Town panchayat or panchayat is a small town of approximately 20,000 to 25,000 inhabitants. It is formed under the panchayati raj administrative system.
In census data, the abbreviation T.P. is used to indicate a “town panchayat”. Tamil Nadu was the first state to introduce the panchayat town as an intermediate step between rural villages and urban local bodies
168 town panchayat are in Rajasthan
State Wise Number of Urban local bodies
Taken from local government directory https://lgdirectory.gov.in/ access on 17/9/2020
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