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  2. District council (India) - Wikipedia

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    The Zila Panchayat or District Development Council or Zilla Parishad or District Panchayat or is the third tier of the Panchayati Raj system and functions at the district levels in all states. A Zila Parishad is an elected body representing the entire rural area of a district.

  3. Zila Parishad - Wikipedia

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    Zila Parishad means District Council and may refer to: District councils of Bangladesh; District council (India) See also. District council (disambiguation)

  4. District councils of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    A district council or zila parishad, or zilla parishad is a local government body at the district level in Bangladesh. [1] The Bengali word parishad means council and zila parishad translates to district council.

  5. Panchayati raj in India - Wikipedia

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    The 4-tier panchayat system was inaugurated in West Bengal on Mahatma Gandhi's birthday (2 October) in the year 1964 by the passage of the West Bengal Zilla Parishad Act in 1963. It consisted of Gram panchayats composed of representatives directly elected by villagers for a term of 4 years

  6. Districts of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    A district council (or zila parishad) is a local government body at the district level. [4] The Bengali word parishad means council and zila parishad translates to district council. The functions of a district council include the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges.

  7. Local government in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    District Council (or Zila Parishad) is a local government body at the district level. [6] The Bengali word parishad means council and zila parishad translates to district council . The Deputy Commissioner (popularly abbreviated to "DC") is the executive head of the district.

  8. Gram panchayat - Wikipedia

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    Established in various states of India, the Panchayat Raj system has three tiers: Zila Parishad, at the district level; Panchayat Samiti, at the block level; and Gram Panchayat, at the village level. Rajasthan was the first state to establish Gram Panchayat, Bagdari Village, Nagaur District being the first village where Gram Panchayat was ...

  9. Local government in India - Wikipedia

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    A uniform three-tier structure of panchayats at village (Gram Panchayat — GP), intermediate or block (Panchayat Samiti — PS) and district (Zilla Parishad — ZP) levels. All the seats in a panchayat at every level are to be filled by elections from respective territorial constituencies.