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The Zila Panchayat or District Development Council or Zilla Parishad or District Panchayat or is the third tier of the Panchayati Raj system and functions at the district levels in all states. A Zila Parishad is an elected body representing the entire rural area of a district. A District Panchayat is headed by a President, who is an elected member. Block Pramukh of Block Panchayat are also represented in Zila Parishad. The members of the State Legislature and the members of the Parliament of India are members of the Zila Parishad. The Zila parishad acts as the link between the state government and the village-level Gram Panchayat.

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19-672: Lalgarh is a small town and a gram panchayat in the Binpur I CD block under the Jhargram subdivision of the Jhargram district in the Indian state of West Bengal . Lalgarh came under media attention at the beginning of November 2008. The Communist Party of India (Maoist) launched a massive fight against police personnel and cadres of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) . In June 2009 Indian security forces launched Operation Lalgarh against

38-478: A Zilla Parishad, including the President and vice-president, is typically five years. All people over the age of 18 who are residents of the territory of that district's Zilla Parishad can vote. Elections are conducted by the respective state election commissions . The chief executive officer (CEO), who is a civil servant under IAS or State Administrative Service cadre, heads the administrative machinery of

57-552: A gram Panchayat are elected from among the elected ward members. the term of office for elected members in a Gram Panchayat, including the Sarpanch and Upa-Sarpanch, is typically five years. All people over the age of 18 who are residents of the territory of that village's Gram panchayat can vote. For women's empowerment and to encourage participation of women in the democratic process, the government of India has set some restrictions on Gram panchayat elections , reserving one-third of

76-459: A total population of 4,433 of which 2,259 (51%) were males and 2,174 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 455. The total number of literate persons in Lalgarh was 3,209 (72.39% of the population over 6 years). The headquarters of Binpur I CD block are located at Lalgarh. Lalgarh police station has jurisdiction over Binpur I CD block. The main occupation of the people here

95-518: Is cultivation, sharecropping and selling disposable plates made of leaves. Most people do not own land but work on others fields. The region is dry and there are but a single harvest each year. At other times people work as daily labor, collect and sell leaves and wood from forest etc. Over 75% of the households own land given to them under the Land reforms programme of the Left Front Government between

114-531: Is divided into wards and each ward is represented by a Ward Member or Commissioner, also referred to as a Panch or Panchayat Member, who is directly elected by the villagers. The Panchayat is chaired by the president of the village, known as a Sarpanch . The term of the elected representatives is five years. The Secretary of the Panchayat is a non-elected representative, appointed by the state government, to oversee Panchayat activities. According to Section. 6 (3) of

133-457: Is ex-officio secretary of Zila Parishad. Elections occur every 5 years. The Zilla Parishad is divided into divisions or wards, and people in each division vote for their representative. These elected members, along with the president and vice president, form the Zilla Parishad. The president and vice president in a Zilla Parishad are elected from among the elected meffice for elected members in

152-427: Is headed by a President and Vice President. The Zilla Parishad consists of a president and vice president, elected members and ex-officio members and various standing committees. The Zilla Parishad encompasses the entire area of Gram Panchayats within that respective district. This Zila Parishad area is divided into divisions, and each represented by a member, elected by the people of that division. The chairmen of all

171-491: Is more broken and picturesque, for the lower ranges of the Chhotanagpur Hills line the horizon, the jungle assumes the character of forest, and large trees begin to predominate. The soil, however, is lateritic, a considerable area is unproductive, almost uninhabited, especially in the extreme north-west where there are several hills over 1000 feet in height. The remainder of the country is an almost level plain broken only by

190-618: The Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act of 1994 , that state's gram sabha has to conduct a meeting at least twice a year. Gram Panchayat elections in India occur every five years. The village is divided into wards, and people in each ward vote for their representative. These elected members, along with the president ( sarpanch ) and vice president, form the Gram Panchayat. The president (sarpanch) and vice president (upa-sarpanch) in

209-572: The Panchayat Samitis under the district are the ex officio members of Zila Parishad. The chief executive officer, who is an IAS officer or state civil service officer, heads the administrative setup of the Zila Parishad. He/ She supervises the divisions of the parishad and is assisted by deputy CEOs and other officials at district- and block-level officers. The deputy chief executive officer from General Administration department at district level

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228-480: The Constitution re-introduced panchayats as the institutions of local self-governance, with a basic structure for operations at three administrative levels; villages, groups of villages and districts. Gram Panchayats are at the lowest level of Panchayat Raj institutions (PRIs), whose legal authority is the 73rd Constitutional Amendment of 1992, which is concerned with rural local governments. The Gram Panchayat

247-621: The Maoists in the village. Lalgarh is located at 22°35′N 87°03′E  /  22.58°N 87.05°E  / 22.58; 87.05 Jhargram subdivision, the only one in Jhargram district, shown in the map alongside, is composed of hills, mounds and rolling lands. It is rather succinctly described in the District Human Development Report , 2011 (at that time it was part of Paschim Medinipur district), “The western boundary

266-511: The Panchayat Raj system has three tiers: Zila Parishad , at the district level; Panchayat Samiti , at the block level; and Gram Panchayat, at the village level. Rajasthan was the first state to establish Gram Panchayat, Bagdari Village, Nagaur District being the first village where Gram Panchayat was established, on 2 October 1959. In 1992, the institution of Gram Panchayat was modified in order to deepen democracy. The 73rd Amendment to

285-515: The general body of the Gram Panchayat. The members of the gram panchayat are elected directly by the people. The gram panchayat is headed by an elected President and Vice President, assisted by a Secretary who serves as the administrative head of the panchayat. The president of a gram panchayat is known as a "Pradhan" or " Sarpanch " in Northern India . There are about 250,000 gram panchayats present in India. Established in various states of India,

304-418: The sand hills.” 3.48% of the population lives in urban areas and 96.52% lives in the rural areas. 20.11% of the total population belonged to scheduled castes and 29.37% belonged to scheduled tribes . Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. According to the 2011 Census of India , Lalgarh had

323-554: The seats for women, as well as reserving seats for scheduled castes and tribes . District council (India) Zila Parishad are Panchayats at Apex or District Level in Panchayat Raj Institutions, and Gram Panchayat is the base unit at village level in Panchayati Raj Institutions. The 73rd Amendment is about Governments' (which are also known as Panchayati Raj Institutions [1] The Zilla Parishad

342-410: The years 1977 and 2002. But income poverty exists. In November 2008, following reports of police brutality, enraged advasi villagers blockaded roads and protested against the police and paramilitary forces in the area. The government maintained the movement was being controlled by Maoist guerrilla agents. The Maoists controlled the village and the surrounding area for eight months until Operation Lalgarh

361-468: Was launched to dislodge them on 18 June 2009. Binpur Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Binpur , is the major government medical facility in the Binpur I CD block. Gram panchayat Gram Panchayat ( transl.  'village council' ) is a basic governing institution in Indian villages. It is a political institution, acting as the cabinet of a village or group of villages. The Gram Sabha works as

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