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The Panchayat is a political system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.
Panchayat may also refer to:
- Panchayat (Nepal), the political system of Nepal from 1960 to 1990
- Panchayati raj in India, official system of local self-government of villages in rural India, introduced by constitutional amendment in 1992
- Panchayat samiti, rural local governments (panchayats) at the intermediate level in panchayat raj institutions (PRI)
- Nyaya panchayat, a system of dispute resolution at village level in India
- Gram panchayat, the grassroots-level of panchayati raj formalised local self-governance system in India
- Panchayat (film), a 2017 Nepalese film
- Panchayat (TV series), an Indian web series
- Panchayat (1996 film), an Indian Punjabi film by Surinder Walia, starring Yograj Singh
See also
edit- Pancha (disambiguation)
- Ayat (disambiguation)
- Panchayatana (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Panchayat
- Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, an act of the Parliament of India, amending the constitution
- Panchayat forest, type of forest designation in India
- Panchayati Hall, a Hindu temple in Jaipur, India
- Panchayati Times, an Indian media organization
- Panchayati Revolution (1842–45), a revolution in the Sikh Empirear
- Local government in India
- Caste panchayat, based on caste system in India
- Nagar panchayat, a settlement in transition from rural to urban in India
- Sarpanch, head of a panchayat
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