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Article 243. Definitions

  1. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,—
    1. (a) “district” means a district in a State;
    2. (b) “Gram Sabha” means a body consisting of persons registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village comprised within the area of Panchayat at the village level;
    3. (c) “intermediate level” means a level between the village and district levels specified by the
    4. Governor of a State by public notification to be the intermediate level for the purposes of this Part;
    5. (d) “Panchayat” means an institution (by whatever name called) of self-government constituted under article 243B, for the rural areas;
    6. (e) “Panchayat area” means the territorial area of a Panchayat;
    7. (f) “Population” means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published;
    8. (g) “village” means a village specified by the Governor by public notification to be a village for the purposes of this Part and includes a group of villages so specified.