What is a Pachayat Samiti also called?

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Gram Sabha

Gram panchayat

Block or mandal

None of the above

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A Pachayat Samiti is also called a Block or Mandal.
Panchayati raj, which governs rural areas, and municipal authorities, which manage urban areas, are the local governments in India. A gram panchayat is a three-tiered entity that makes up the rural administration. Each village or group of villages has one. It is a council made up of multiple panchs, also known as ward members, and a president or sarpanch. All of the adults residing in that ward or village vote for them directly. Second, a panchayat Samiti, block, or Mandal is created by combining a few gram panchayats. All of the panchayat members in that region vote to elect the members of this representative body. Third, the Zilla (district) parishad is made up of all the panchayat samitis or mandals in a district.

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