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State-Wise Panchayat Profile

States and their Panchayat System

The table below shows different states, years of enactment of their Panchayat acts, their corresponding tier systems, name of their tiers, number of Panchayats in each tier, and profile of elected members.

Sl. No.	States/UT	No. of Panchayats	Panchayats at all levels: No of Elected Representatives Elected Members (2008)
			General (Non-SC/ST) Categories	SC		ST		OBC	Total	Women
	States :			No.	%	No.	%	No.		No.	%
1	Andhra Pradesh	22945	172136	34025	15.19	17842	7.97		224003	74019	33.04
2	Arunachal Pradesh	1789	0	0	0	8260	100.00		8260	3183	38.54
3	Assam	2431	23206	1344	5.284	886	3.48		25436	9903	38.93
4	Bihar	9040	109767	19440	14.94	884	0.68		130091	70400	54.12
5	Chhattisgarh	9982	76062	17553	10.93	66933	41.69		160548	54159	33.73
6	Goa	191	1378	0	0	181	11.61		1559	534	34.25
7	Gujarat	14068	83982	7970	6.98	22235	19.47		114187	38068	33.34
8	Haryana	6325	54786	15019	21.52	0	0.00		69805	25503	36.53
9	Himachal Pradesh	3330	16706	6575	26.75	1300	5.29		24581	9552	38.86
10	Jharkhand	3979	0	0		0			0	0
11	Karnataka	5833	67920	17859	18.59	10311	10.73		96090	41210	42.89
12	Kerala	1165	16256	1997	10.81	229	1.24		18482	6518	35.27
13	Madhya Pradesh	23412	231246	59106	14.91	106350	26.82		396516	136196	34.35
14	Maharashtra	28277	176874	25269	11	27597	12.01		229740	76581	33.33
15	Manipur	169	1656	39	2.247	41	2.36		1736	758	43.66
16	Orissa	6578	52333	16007	17.31	24114	26.08		92454	33630	36.37
17	Punjab	12604	62614	28349	31.17	0	0.00		90963	31809	34.97
18	Rajasthan	9457	22296	25432	21.15	21466	17.85	50357	120247	42543	35.38
19	Sikkim	258	483	57	5.781	446	45.23		986	394	39.96
20	Tamil Nadu	13031	91958	23653	20.31	877	0.75		116488	39364	33.79
21	Tripura	540	3914	1509	26.32	310	5.41		5733	1986	34.64
22	Uttar Pradesh	52890	578984	191950	24.87	727	0.09		771661	299025	38.75
23	Uttarakhand	7335	44450	11077	19.26	1973	3.43		57500	21517	37.42
24	West Bengal	3713	37434	17112	29.09	4282	7.28		58828	21351	36.29
Union Territories
25	A & N Islands	75	856	0	0	0	0.00		856	296	34.58
26	Chandigarh	19	153	34	18.18	0	0.00		187	62	33.16
27	D & N Haveli	12	7	3	2.4	115	92.00		125	49	39.2
28	Daman & Diu	15	81	2	2.062	14	14.43		97	37	38.14
29	Lakshadweep	11	4	0	0	106	96.36		110	41	37.27
30	Puducherry	108	784	237	23.21	0	0.00		1021	370	36.24
	TOTAL	239582	1928326	521618	18.51	317479	11.26	50357	2818290	1039058	36.87

Source: Compiled from data provided by the States and Union Territories.
Note: General (Non-SC/ST) categories, Males & Females;
SC: Schdeuled Caste Males & Females
ST: Scheduled Tribe Males & Females;
Women: Combined SC, ST and General categories.