Panchayat town
small Indian town of approximately 20,000 to 25,000 inhabitants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Panchayat Town or Town Panchayat is a type of town in India. It refers to any small town which is formed under the Panchayati raj administrative system.[1] It will have under 25,000 people living there. In census data, the abbreviation T.P. is used to indicate a "Town Panchayat".[2] Tamil Nadu was the first state to introduce the panchayat town as an intermediate step between rural villages and Urban Local Bodies (ULB).[3]
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Management
Each state of India has an organisation that manages panchayat towns.
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