Punjab Gram Panchayat Zilla Parishad Election Result 2017 2018 Dates Candidates Opinion Exit Poll Ward Voter list
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Punjab Gram Panchayat Zilla Parishad Election Result 2017 2018 Dates Candidates Opinion Exit Poll Ward Voter list
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A Gram Panchayat, City Corporation, Mahanagar Palika or Mahanagar Nigam is a local government in India that administers urban areas with a population of more than one million. The growing population and urbanization in various cities of India were in need of a local governing body that can work for providing necessary community services like health care, educational institution, housing, transport etc. by collecting property tax and fixed grant from the State Government.
Punjab Gram Panchayat Election Dates Details 2017
Punjab initiates process for panchayat elections
Chandigarh, May 30 (UNI) Punjab government has initiated the process regarding coming panchayat elections scheduled for next year.
Stating this here today, Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa said instructions have been issued to all the District Development and Panchayat officers (DDPOs) for the formation of new gram sabha and gram panchayats.
He said the DDPOs have been directed to thoroughly examine the proposals sent by the Block Development and Panchayat Officers (BDPOs) and send these to the head office through the Deputy Commissioners, till August 31, 2017, by all means.
The Minister said the department has issued instructions making it explicitly clear that for the population for which a separate gram sabha/gram panchayat is to be formed, the distant border map of the present gram panchayat and proposed gram panchayat should be sent filled in different colours to enable the Election Commission to prepare separate voter lists and the deputy commissioners do not encounter any difficulty in ward formation.
District Wise Population of Punjab
| Rank | City | District | Population (2011) |
| 1 | Ludhiana | Ludhiana | 1,613,878 |
| 2 | Patiala | Patiala | 446,800 |
| 3 | Amritsar | Amritsar | 1,132,761 |
| 4 | Jalandhar | Jalandhar | 862,196 |
| 5 | Bathinda | Bathinda | 285,813 |
| 6 | Mohali | Mohali | 174,000 |
| 7 | Pathankot | Pathankot | 159,460 |
| 8 | Moga | Moga | 159,897 |
| 9 | Phagwara | Kapurthala | 117,954 |
| 10 | Hoshiarpur | Hoshiarpur | 168,731 |
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