English Explanatory Dictionary

gram sansad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A body comprising all the voters of gram panchayat constituency, meeting at the behest of the head of the panchayat to discuss and implement local decisions.

Word forms

gram sansad gram sansads

Etymology

From Bengali গ্রাম সংসদ (gram śoṅśod, literally “village parliament”), which is a learned borrowing of Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma) and संसद (saṃsada).

Synonyms

gram sabha
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