Definition of "panchayat" [panchayat]

• A village council or local government in South Asia. (noun)

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• "(A panchayat is a five-person elected village council.)"
• "The last time we had met the C.O., he released a measly sum of Rs. 2000 to each panchayat, which is not enough even for tea and snacks chai-nashta."
• "ALAPPUZHA: The Mannancherry grama panchayat, which is all set to be declared a village with no fallow land on Saturday, is in a festive mood what with delegates from several other panchayats and students from the Kerala Agricultural University coming down to witness the declaration."