Block pramukh (original) (raw)

The Block Pramukh (president) of Panchayat samiti is a tier of the Panchayati raj system.It is a rural local government body at the Tehsil (taluka) level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. The Panchayat Samiti is the link between the gram panchayat (village council) and the zila parishad (district board). There are a number of variations in the name of this institution in the various states. For example, it is known as Kshetra Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh, Mandal Parishad in Andhra Pradesh, Taluka Panchayat in Gujarat, Block Panchayat in Kerala and Mandal Panchayat in Karnataka.