gram panchayat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of local governance of a village or between small groups of villages in India.

Word forms

gram panchayat gram panchayats

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ग्राम पंचायत (grām pañcāyat, literally “village council”).

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