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Panchayat is directly elected by the adult population living in the village.

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The given statement is true.
Panchayati Raj in India works at the village level, in other words, they are called village-level local governments. They are directly elected by universal adult suffrage in which every person who is above the age of 18 casts his/her vote. It has the status of the third government in India which works at the local level. The main objective of giving constitutional status to the Panchayat was that it could solve the problems at the local level. Through this, the direct participation of the public in the decision-making process increases. By this, the burden of the central government is reduced somewhat. The Indian system of governance was helped to a great extent by Panchayati Raj.

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