Rural local government is known as Panchayati Raj.
(i) PRI is rural-based.
(ii) Each village has Gram Panchayat.
(iii) It has Panchs and a Sarpanch.
(iv) He/She is directly elected by the adult population living in the village.
(v) Panchayat works under the Gram Sabha.
(vi) All the voters meet at least twice or thrice in a year.
(vii) Few gram panchayats form Panchayat Samiti or Block or Mandal.
